14th July, 2025.
At the moment … ?
I have a high definition, commercially-produced, blu-ray: in an optical drive just to my immediate right.
When I first tried ripping this particular disc?
I got extremely noisy whining from the drive: whining that told me that the mix of hardware and software was having issues reading the disc.
It’s a very distinct noise: similar to, but quieter than, a dentist drill going through a tooth.
Thankfully?
The old trick — washing the disc in war, soapy, water — seems to have helped.
The disc is copying as we speak.
We’re going to have to see how this goes …
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The fact I’m doing that?
Is possibly going to raise questions: especially for newer readers.
“Can I do that?” is going to be the main one.
Yes you can: given the right mix of software and hardware.
The other is “Am I allowed to do that?”
That’s a grey area.
If I’ve understood things correctly, the answer is “No”.
But also “Yes: given the right circumstances”.
I believe there was an old bit of UK law — or possibly regulation — that allowed you to copy a vinyl record you owned to cassette, purely for personal use.
You wanted to listen to the LP on the car stereo, or on a personal cassette player: but you couldn’t sell copies, or give them away.
I believe that could apply here, as a precedent: I’m making a copy purely for personal use.
But I don’t know if that would hold up in a court of law.
So long as the disc copies?
I’m not going to worry too much … !
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