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Infamous_Yogurt2858 t1_it1oaza wrote

Put simply, because when you buy a copy of a movie, you're not actually legally buying the copy but a license to view it. That's pretty much moot when it comes to a physical copy, but in the digital era, the rubber is meeting the road in that respect.

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ScaryProfessional711 OP t1_it1opy2 wrote

That's why I was asking about downloading movies vs downloading music. Downloading music is allowed but movies are not. Are they going to eventually make music the same way where music is basically just rented and listened to thru the media player of whatever platform you purchased it from and we will no longer be allowed to own any music files, movie files, video games, etc. Is this to be the future where you own nothing and only rent it until the platform you rented from or the creator decides they no longer want to rent it to you? Then you're SOL

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Infamous_Yogurt2858 t1_it1p45n wrote

FWIW a lot of digital music can remove things that are no longer licensed when you synch your device.

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