Perhaps not the movie itself, but the media and its content are things that can be sold. VHS, DVD, BluRay. If you have the media and a compatible player, you c

Perhaps not the movie itself, but the media and its content are things that can be sold. VHS, DVD, BluRay. If you have the media and a compatible player, you can watch them. You can lend or sell them. That's not very different to a physical book. Even video-games are a bit like that. It's true that you may lose access to updates the game received after the physical launch but as long as you have the media (BluRays, cartridges, whatever) you can still play them on a compatible console, lend or sell them. With digital "purchases", you can only do what the platform allows you, for as long as they allow it, for as long as they exist.