Yes, that was a rant. I'm not even sure what point you were trying to make. Again, entertainment is not a right. The owners of IP (intellectual property) have the right to charge whatever they want for their product. We have the right to buy or not buy.
Taking a DVD over to a friends house, is not against any U.S. laws unless you charge a group of people to watch the DVD. Here's the thing that most consumers just don't comprehend. When you buy a DVD, you do NOT own the movie that is on it. What you have purchased is a license which gives you the right to watch the movie on any DVD player within a region. That is the single use platform license you have paid for. Rippng a DVD changes the platform. Again, we do not own any movie or music that we purchase, we are only buying a license which has a specific platform use.
How film production is often financed is by selling the rights by country, by region and platforms (theatrical, cable TV, network TV, streaming, etc.). In other words, before a film even comes out, the rights for Canada, Japan, etc., have all already be sold off. People often complain about Nextflix not having everything for everyone in in every country all at the same time. That's because Netflix buys or rather leases the rights by region and often times some regions have already been exclusively sold off for a specific period of time.
We live in a digital world where consumers have an outrageous sense of entitlement. Media/IP are products just like cars, computers, etc. If a car costs a lot more than you are willing to pay for it, you simply don't by the car. Taking it without paying for it, would land you in jail. Stealing IP should be no different if not for the much smaller dollar amount involved.