Because you are doing something illegal. Your ISP might not care, but if someone complains, they HAVE to start the process. You're not only protecting yourself, but your ISP from the music industry's wrath.
Banzai51
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VPN will encrypt your traffic so your ISP can't spy on you. That's the whole point of a VPN.
Exactly. There is a huge potential safety issue.
So broadcast TV currently broadcasts on ATSC 1.0. You get an antenna and a box or TV that has a digital tuner and you're good. Industry is pushing for ATSC 3.0, which allows for DRM. So even though they are broadcasting on the public airwaves, they can decide you can't watch. It sets up the local broadcasters to be the new cable with ever increasing prices AND play king maker on devices by choosing which can and cannot produce tuners. In my area, 5 channels have ATSC 3.0, and 1 of them turned on DRM. Meaning I can't watch it because HDHomeRun devices aren't approved, likely because it has the ability to record. Luckily, that channel still broadcasts in ATSC 1.0, so I can still watch it for now. 3.0 isn't a fully adopted yet, but that can change in the future (2027?).
Pay attention boys and girls, this is also what they want to do with over the air broadcasts with the ATSC 3.0 format.
Something that can't be taken away from you by the whims of an artist, studio, or streaming service. Something you can re-rip as audio codexes change.
Would that work for Blu-ray? I'm guessing not.
MakeMKV to rip them from disc. Handbrake if you need to compress them.
They're just waiting around until China and Russia tells them they need the extra distraction. If NK starts attacking Japan/SK, expect China to follow with a Taiwan invasion shortly after.
Half? That's optimistic.
When you can apply that same anger and outrage to the other side, then you might have some credibility.