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FWIW I have never lost the rights to a digital license and I have been collecting them for over 20 years. I have literally lost more movies to disc damage, rot, or loaning to a friend and never seeing it again than to studios revoking a license. So in a sense, blu-rays are buy now, lose disc later.
…it's the cost of a rental. Do these comments need to be made every single thread?
If there is some move I might watch a gazillion times I'll buy it on physical media. If I'll probbaly only watch it once or twice, I'll take the 1 in 10000 risk it gets pulled so I don't have to store all the damn plastic/physical media.
If you don't want to take that risk then… don't buy the deal.
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buy now, lose rights later
…it's the cost of a rental. Do these comments need to be made every single thread?
If there is some move I might watch a gazillion times I'll buy it on physical media. If I'll probbaly only watch it once or twice, I'll take the 1 in 10000 risk it gets pulled so I don't have to store all the damn plastic/physical media.
If you don't want to take that risk then… don't buy the deal.
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FWIW I have never lost the rights to a digital license and I have been collecting them for over 20 years. I have literally lost more movies to disc damage, rot, or loaning to a friend and never seeing it again than to studios revoking a license. So in a sense, blu-rays are buy now, lose disc later.
…it's the cost of a rental. Do these comments need to be made every single thread?
If there is some move I might watch a gazillion times I'll buy it on physical media. If I'll probbaly only watch it once or twice, I'll take the 1 in 10000 risk it gets pulled so I don't have to store all the damn plastic/physical media.
If you don't want to take that risk then… don't buy the deal.
yeah, i think it's helpful to share that streaming rights are fluid, and are subject to change over time especially as companies consolidate / alter their course / go out of business etc. you could lose something you buy.
it's especially helpful because not everyone is aware of this - purchased digital / streaming media does not have the same guaranteed permanency as physical media. that's all. i was trying to be concise, i could have said it better. if you think it's a great purchase, by all means get it!
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to be fair, i think you'd agree that 'lose disc later' would be an issue on the user side, not the company side. so apples to oranges to what i was saying. overall tho we'll see things differently which is great. to each their own and genuinely, enjoy!
Well, if it's because the disc got rotted early, that could be because of the company side.
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FWIW I have never lost the rights to a digital license and I have been collecting them for over 20 years. I have literally lost more movies to disc damage, rot, or loaning to a friend and never seeing it again than to studios revoking a license. So in a sense, blu-rays are buy now, lose disc later.
So, Kill Bill is an example of a movie you could have previously purchased and lost the rights to under your contract. Basically, they 'sold' it to a subsidiary and no continuity in the licensing.
I didn't lose access to the HD copy, but I'm watching this anomaly closely to see how it turns out.
Now, it's irrelevant since I bought a new copy of the current licensed "whole bloody affair," but it's interesting to see the inner workings of the tette-au-tette that vendors and content owners joust over.
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FWIW I have never lost the rights to a digital license and I have been collecting them for over 20 years. I have literally lost more movies to disc damage, rot, or loaning to a friend and never seeing it again than to studios revoking a license. So in a sense, blu-rays are buy now, lose disc later.
I wish I could say the same.
I've had movies and TV series disappear from my collection with regularity.
True Detective Season 1, for example.
Also, Kubo and the Two Strings.
I called Fandango.
Each time they said that the contract expired.
Happens to my PlayStation library as well.
I still spend $2-$5 on digital purchases and 99% of the time they stay for years.
But, for this reason, I refuse to spend more than $5.
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If there is some move I might watch a gazillion times I'll buy it on physical media. If I'll probbaly only watch it once or twice, I'll take the 1 in 10000 risk it gets pulled so I don't have to store all the damn plastic/physical media.
If you don't want to take that risk then… don't buy the deal.
I've had movies and TV series disappear from my collection with regularity.
True Detective Season 1, for example.
Also, Kubo and the Two Strings.
I called Fandango.
Each time they said that the contract expired.
Happens to my PlayStation library as well.
I still spend $2-$5 on digital purchases and 99% of the time they stay for years.
But, for this reason, I refuse to spend more than $5.
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If there is some move I might watch a gazillion times I'll buy it on physical media. If I'll probbaly only watch it once or twice, I'll take the 1 in 10000 risk it gets pulled so I don't have to store all the damn plastic/physical media.
If you don't want to take that risk then… don't buy the deal.
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If there is some move I might watch a gazillion times I'll buy it on physical media. If I'll probbaly only watch it once or twice, I'll take the 1 in 10000 risk it gets pulled so I don't have to store all the damn plastic/physical media.
If you don't want to take that risk then… don't buy the deal.
it's especially helpful because not everyone is aware of this - purchased digital / streaming media does not have the same guaranteed permanency as physical media. that's all. i was trying to be concise, i could have said it better. if you think it's a great purchase, by all means get it!
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So, Kill Bill is an example of a movie you could have previously purchased and lost the rights to under your contract. Basically, they 'sold' it to a subsidiary and no continuity in the licensing.
I didn't lose access to the HD copy, but I'm watching this anomaly closely to see how it turns out.
Now, it's irrelevant since I bought a new copy of the current licensed "whole bloody affair," but it's interesting to see the inner workings of the tette-au-tette that vendors and content owners joust over.
Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank DonutsForDBags
I've had movies and TV series disappear from my collection with regularity.
True Detective Season 1, for example.
Also, Kubo and the Two Strings.
I called Fandango.
Each time they said that the contract expired.
Happens to my PlayStation library as well.
I still spend $2-$5 on digital purchases and 99% of the time they stay for years.
But, for this reason, I refuse to spend more than $5.
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