even then, many bluerays are just cheap upscales with no other changes. I made that mistake once with a boxset only to find that it was a very obvious DVD. this after I was roasted on reddit for complaining about that being a possibility and everyone angrily promised me that it was not that. it was that. I’m still bitter

These people are not in danger. Any harm to them is reputational. Reputation is the only thing they have in life.

Step one being “make the judge mad” is a bad idea.