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by golergka 820 days ago
This also doesn't make sense for the copyright owner interests. Don't you want people to share screenshots of your movies and shows?
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I agree it doesn't make any sense. But this is unfortunately the deal with Hollywood and they surely just ported the same functionality from iOS.
If I can take a screenshot, I can copy the whole movie.
Technically, yes. Practically, it's unfeasible. Legally, there's a pretty sharp distinction between copying one frame to share with friends or on social media and copying all the friends with an intent of copying the entire movie.
if you can see it you can copy it.