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I guess that's possible, but I've bought 100s of videos and movies online and never lost access for a second. Probably bought my first one 15+ years ago. I've p

by pkulak 7y ago

I guess that's possible, but I've bought 100s of videos and movies online and never lost access for a second. Probably bought my first one 15+ years ago. I've probably lost half my physical media and hard drives, however.

cortesoft 7y ago
Sounds like you have been lucky picking retailers for your online purchases... there have been numerous stories about retailers going out of business and taking their DRM servers offline. Interestingly, I have never lost hard drive data in 25 years or so... I am pretty meticulous in my backups.
- scarface74 7y ago
  There is only one digital video store that I’m aware of that went out of business and they allowed you to transfer your content. If you buy movies from the four major studios that support Movies Anywhere and you connect your accounts, you can purchase on Google Play, Amazon Prime, Apple, or Vudu and they are credited to each of your accounts. That being said, I wouldn’t buy digital movies either. I will rent them.
  - mguerville 7y ago
    Several music streaming providers have trimmed their catalogs and then I discovered that songs in my playlists were removed. I never got a warning saying by the way these x many songs you like and pay a monthly rent for are being removed, they just did it.
    - scarface74 7y ago
      That’s a completely different scenario. You aren’t paying to own the music you are paying to “rent it”. Digital music you buy hasn’t been DRM encumbered for a decade. When have you “bought” digital music or movies and lost access to them?
    - skinnymuch 7y ago
      Yeah but has iTunes ever done that to you for music you bought? Streaming catalogues aren’t the same thing.
  - pkulak 7y ago
    Yeah, I did the math on backups and it doesn't make sense. I had a terrabyte or so of my Blue-Ray backups and even using Glacier it was enough to just buy a digital movie every month or so. Now I probably have 5-10 terrabytes in digital products. Just checked prices again and it's at $4 a month for a terrabyte, which is less, but I'd still just rather rent/buy than pay for backups.

by pkulak 7y ago

cortesoft 7y ago

Sounds like you have been lucky picking retailers for your online purchases... there have been numerous stories about retailers going out of business and taking their DRM servers offline. Interestingly, I have never lost hard drive data in 25 years or so... I am pretty meticulous in my backups.

scarface74 7y ago
There is only one digital video store that I’m aware of that went out of business and they allowed you to transfer your content. If you buy movies from the four major studios that support Movies Anywhere and you connect your accounts, you can purchase on Google Play, Amazon Prime, Apple, or Vudu and they are credited to each of your accounts. That being said, I wouldn’t buy digital movies either. I will rent them.
- mguerville 7y ago
  Several music streaming providers have trimmed their catalogs and then I discovered that songs in my playlists were removed. I never got a warning saying by the way these x many songs you like and pay a monthly rent for are being removed, they just did it.
  - scarface74 7y ago
    That’s a completely different scenario. You aren’t paying to own the music you are paying to “rent it”. Digital music you buy hasn’t been DRM encumbered for a decade. When have you “bought” digital music or movies and lost access to them?
  - skinnymuch 7y ago
    Yeah but has iTunes ever done that to you for music you bought? Streaming catalogues aren’t the same thing.
- pkulak 7y ago
  Yeah, I did the math on backups and it doesn't make sense. I had a terrabyte or so of my Blue-Ray backups and even using Glacier it was enough to just buy a digital movie every month or so. Now I probably have 5-10 terrabytes in digital products. Just checked prices again and it's at $4 a month for a terrabyte, which is less, but I'd still just rather rent/buy than pay for backups.