• musubibreakfast@lemm.ee
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    17 hours ago

    Because these people often don’t want to pirate. In Germany the government now fines you for piracy, using a common VPN isn’t enough anymore. Then there are other factors such as remasters and changes.

    Fight Club, The Matrix, The Terminator and Star Wars are all popular films but there are several versions out there with different color grades and special effects. So I completely understand why this subset of people would want to keep their version of the movie.

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      5 hours ago

      In Germany the government now fines you for piracy, using a common VPN isn’t enough anymore.

      Why isn’t a common zero-logs VPN enough? How would the government know? Encrypted VPN traffic can’t be decrypted, at least until we have quantum computers, right?

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      6 hours ago

      Fight Club, The Matrix, The Terminator and Star Wars

      Yes, and you can find perfect exact copies of all versions of these movies if you look in the right places

    • CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world
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      16 hours ago

      You also have to deal with whatever settings the uploader decided to use when they transcoded the original rip. Which can mess with the color grade and contrast ratio, the hdr grading, introduce noise, and otherwise fuck with the video quality and audio quality.

      Most people won’t care, but to some it matters.