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I've argued that digital media should only be allowed to be called a "sale/purchase" if they have the license to continue to provide it in perpetuity. That doe

I've argued that digital media should only be allowed to be called a "sale/purchase" if they have the license to continue to provide it in perpetuity. That doesn't mean they have the license to continue to "sell" it in perpetuity, just that people who "purchased" it can continue to access it. Conversely, I shouldn't be able to license you the right to "sell" a digital good and then take away your ability to provide it to your customers who already purchased it. If, I as the IP holder, don't want to provide that right, I shouldn't be able to license this "right of sale" and my "middle-man" licensee shouldn't be able to market it as a "purchase/sale".

BizarroLand 4y ago
Yeah, Netflix screwed the pooch on this when they didn't negotiate for perpetual & time-limited exclusive / non-exclusive rights to the IP they started with. They could have thrown in some re-negotiation clauses to make people happy, but the thing is that letting someone keep a digital copy of something costs the copyright holder nothing other than the opportunity to bilk the customer out of a second purchase (which should be as illegal as selling someone a car and then making them re-buy it at a later date). Peacock had every right to put The Office on their own platform and had no need to take it down from Netflix other than knowing that without their own strong & exclusive content no one would have made the switch.