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"I should be able to buy the DVD with that service already added to it (end result is that I get a DVD that I purchased that is sanitized)."

Yes, you should, as long as that service has worked with the content owner and gotten the correct permissions. THAT is the pesky little detail that is missing here. You don't seem to think it should matter, but it does.

"Yes, you should, as long as that service has worked with the content owner and gotten the correct permissions. THAT is the pesky little detail that is missing here. You don't seem to think it should matter, but it does."

It does only because the law is not logical in this area, as I have pointed out time and time again. If I can have a DVD sanitized by a company after I buy it, there is no distinction for having that done before I buy it. That is pure logic and if the law is not logical, then it has no merit. There should not be any permission needed from the content owner because there is not distinction for a buyer doing it versus having it done before purchase. It is a meaningless distinciton.