Blu Rays saved to Hard drive (1 Viewer)

[Big_L]

Is there a legal, economical way to download and save Blu Rays I own onto a hard drive? I want to do this so I can pack away my discs, but still access my movies should I feel the need.

 

[SaintSpyNDallas]

I do this to keep from wearing out my disks, but technically, it's against the law. You aren't even allowed to rip your own movies for your own use by law.

 

[SaintSpyNDallas]

The moment you crack DRM (Digital Rights Managemnt) to rip the DVD, you've violated Title I of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. 17 U.S.C. 1201 prohibits circumvention of DRM . . . Some courts have tried to leaven this rather harsh rule, but most have not. While it's typically hard to detect small-scale circumvention, the question is whether bypassing DRM is legal. The statute sets up some minor exceptions, but our ripper doesn't fall into any of them. So, the moment a studio protects the DVD with DRM, it gains both a technical and a legal advantage—ripping is almost certainly unlawful.

 

[Big_L]

Damn, I thought you were ok if you owned the disc. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[PennStateSaint]

you can rip it with makemkv.com then if you want to convert it to MP4 and/or make the file smaller use handbrake to convert it.
I did this with most of my dvd's/blu rays, especially the kids disc's because they are animals and destroy everything.
I have everything on a synology nas and use plex to stream it to all the tv's, works very well for us.