Funimation Shutdown Fuels Push for DMCA Exemption to Legally Rip Anime Content

When Funimation shut down in 2024, buyers of DVDs and Blu-ray discs that came with a Funimation digital release lost access to those copies. A fresh petition to the U.S. Copyright Office cites this as a reason for a DMCA exemption that would allow disc owners to make replacement copies for personal use. Rightsholders and other opponents of the proposal have until February to file their objections.