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I would rather suggest not succumbing to self-censorship & chilling effects.

Though I find myself wondering whether a screenshot of a .mkv of a copyrighted film is really tactful for a Serious Project aimed at mainstream audience. Chilling effects again. Maybe the user just ripped his own DVD/BR for personal convenience.

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It's not chilling effects. It's honest-to-god photographic evidence of breaking the law. Now it's a shit law that I certainly don't agree with, but it is law. MPAA would be fully within their legal rights to shut this project down, with prejudice, based on that screenshot. Why risk it?

What law prevents one from owning a movie on their hard drive? What if they purchased this movie?

The DMCA’s anti-circumvention provision, and similar laws on other jurisdictions.

> screenshot of a .mkv of a copyrighted film is really tactful for a Serious Project aimed at mainstream audience

Take a look at the VLC homepage. I think VLC is both a serious project and aimed at mainstream audience, but somehow they "got the balls" to use screenshots from Ironman and more.

I agree with your "not succumbing to self-censorship" in general.

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