Hey there, I know this question is not related to videogames, but I thought this would be the best place to ask it since GOG is pretty much the pioneer of DRM-free videogames.

I've been wanting to watch some movies and since I got accustomed to GOG's way of doing business, when I saw that my only options of buying a movie were "rent" (stream the movie once; can't download .mp4) and ""buy"" (stream the movie multiple times; can't download .mp4) I felt a bit insulted, like I was the pirate, the one who wanted to pay for the movie, and not the guy who went to the piratebay and not only watched it for free, but also got the .mp4 file...

Anyway, I'm sure this is preaching to the quire, so do you all know of any sites that sell movies with the option to download the ,mp4?

Also, I heard there are ways to circumvent DRM on DVD's and CD's to copy their contents but I'd rather not do that since from what I gather that is still considered illegal (at least in the EU), even tough I think it's bonkers...

Thanks a lot!

If it helps, these are the movies I want to watch:
Sherlock Holmes (the BBC TV show)
Anomalisa
Little Miss Sunshine
The Grand Budapest Hottel
Her

It depends on what you mean by DRM free.

Because public domain movies tend not to have anything preventing you from watching them, but I doubt that you want to watch crusty old films like House on Haunted Hill.

TBH I feel no nagging regrets to get my own DRM free copy if I already payed for the movie. Either by ripping the DVD/BD or by torrent/DDL. Storing all the stuff on one big HDD is much more convenient than juggling disks.

For Hollywood films, probably none, if you think the video games industry is shitty about copyright stuff, the movie and record companies are like evil incarnate.

At least the music industry gave up on DRM long ago - and when they did sales went up like hell.
As much as I'm not a fan of Apple - they were the driving force in this when the mp3 files in iTunes went DRM-free. They had realized that customers want convenience above all, and those that don't want to pay - will not pay either way.

Hey, that's a very good movie! Don't you disrespect a Vincent Price classic on my watch!

I boycotted buying blu-ray films because of their draconian copy protection. Once I discovered how to rip them, I started buying them. So I see that as a win-win for the movie industry and myself. Might not be legally right but sure as hell feels morally right.

Still, with most movies, I generally rather buy the DVD version and just watch it from the disc rather than worry about ripping it. Most of the faulty DVDs I've encountered were faulty from day 1. There's only 1 DVD I had that succumbed to disc rot, and it was cheap to buy a replacement. So long as DVD movies are readily available and cheap, I don't see a reason to waste time and storage space ripping them.

I believe GOG was the only one trying to do something like that, and they failed miserably.

http://www.gog.com/news/introducing_gogcom_drmfree_movies

Their entire movie section has been renamed from "Movies" to "Movies for gamers" and kind of just left there forgotten.

http://www.gog.com/movies


Anyway, if you don't find what you're looking for from the links on the page below, then it probably doesn't exist at all (DRM-free):

http://www.defectivebydesign.org/guide/video

I said it was crusty and old, not bad. :p (I like it, too but I can totally understand if someone couldn't stomach it.)

There's this thing called physical media. Very impressive new feature in films and music. They put the item on this round disc and you get to own it.

Bummer... I guess the movie industry still hasn't gotten their heads out of their asses :)

I'm not morally against ripping dvd's, in fact I think it's bs that you can't do it legally, but even if I didn't care about the legality of it, the dvd's would still be hard to get since there is no amazon in my country so I would have to import them from another country, which would be a huge pain in the back...


I guess if they want to prevent me from watching their movies so badly, I'm just not gonna watch them.

Thank you all for the help!

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/drmfree_movies

Yes, there are.
Devolver Digital sells a lot of good indie movies as DRM-free downloads on Vimeo for example, see thread in the link above.

You know, if you want to keep being arrogant, sarcastic and snarky as always without looking utterly ridicule, you should at least inform yourself.
Physical media is full of DRM, the most egregious example being blu-ray technology. There only a handful of licensed programs, none of which free, that can legally allow you to watch what you bought on PC if you haven't money to spend on dedicated hardware.
Also, try to copy a disc without incurring into hindrances and avoiding using illigal tools. Come on, try.

In brief, think before talking.

Is purchasing from the British Amazon (or French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch - you can set any of them to English language) that annoying? (At least, beyond being told that "this seller doesn't ship to <your country>", but then there's usually another who does.)

I haven't noticed anything weird when I purchase Doctor Who DVD's from the British site, or hard drives from the other European ones.