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It'd be lovely to see a return of the first sale doctrine, as well. We gave up the right to own a movie when we went to streaming. I want to be able to sell my
by CobrastanJorji 8y ago
It'd be lovely to see a return of the first sale doctrine, as well. We gave up the right to own a movie when we went to streaming. I want to be able to sell my stuff again. More importantly, I want Netflix to be able to offer streaming of everything they have the DVDs for.
- dwighttk 8y ago>I want Netflix to be able to offer streaming of everything they have the DVDs for. That is why it will never happen.
- toast0 8y agoNetflix has a right to rent physical discs, but streaming is different than lending. I would love for movies to have compulsory licensing like music does though.
- Gaelan 8y ago> Netflix has a right to rent physical discs, but streaming is different than lending. I’m curious about this. I mean it’s different in terms of implementation and law, but conceptually it’s pretty similar. Side-note-thought-experiment: in places where it is legal to “pirate” content you own, could Netflix get around this by renting a DVD to you (but holding in in escrow for you at their location) then providing you streaming access to that DVD?
- toast0 8y agoStreaming in my mind is more like asking your friend to come over to watch a movie, than lending them the movie to watch themselves. Exhibition rights are significantly different than private viewing rights. At the end of the day, the results are roughly the same, one more person has seen the film. But there's a lot of subtlety in how that happens.
- homero 8y agoNo they got shutdown https://www.wired.com/2011/08/zediva-preliminary-injunction/ https://www.wired.com/2011/08/zediva-preliminary-injunction/
- s73v3r_ 8y agoYou can't own the stream, but you can still buy the DVD, and first sale still applies there.