Streaming definitely isn't renting, though. For an analog, it'd be like a video rental shop saying 'rent all you want for $11 per month'. Streaming services hav

Streaming definitely isn't renting, though. For an analog, it'd be like a video rental shop saying 'rent all you want for $11 per month'. Streaming services have released physical copies of their series. I doubt they've done it for lesser properties, but the main ones are out there. But as for DRM, I view it in the same way we didn't technically own DVDs [1]. We purchased access to the film, but not the film itself -- except now its done with far more complex methods that change every few years. > When consumers buy a DVD or Blu-ray disc, they are not purchasing the motion picture itself, rather they are purchasing access to the motion picture which affords only the right to access the work according to the format’s particular specifications (i.e., through the use of a DVD player), or the Blu-ray Disc format specifications (i.e., through the use of a Blu-ray format player). Consumers are able to purchase the copy at its retail price because it is distributed on a specific medium that will play back on only a licensed player. In prior exemption proceedings, the Register and Librarian have recognized that there is no unqualified right to access a work on a particular device. (pg 4 - 5) The benefit of physical media is that you'll pretty much always have access to it so long as you have a method to consume it. I agree that DRM isn't good, but I don't see this problem as anything new -- just the next step for the content manager's control over their owned content. Sadly, it's the consumer that loses.. but that's also not new. The only difference between the license for DVDs and bluray vs DRM is that DRM is enforceable, typically by time. None of this speaks to DRM in gaming. Of all forms of entertainment, I think the DRM there has the greatest consequence to the consumer -- but I'm also not as familiar with that market. [1] https://www.copyright.gov/1201/2015/comments-032715/class%208/DVDCCA_and_AACS_LA_class08_1201_2014.pdf https://www.copyright.gov/1201/2015/comments-032715/class%20...