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One idea I keep thinking about (which I'm sure interferes with some sort of copyright law) is: 1. User buys a physical copy of a movie/music 2. Instead of sendi

One idea I keep thinking about (which I'm sure interferes with some sort of copyright law) is: 1. User buys a physical copy of a movie/music 2. Instead of sending the disc to their house, it's sent to a storage facility 3. In the storage facility a digital backup is made and uploaded to a cloud storage 4. User is given access to the backup which they can watch/listen to 5. User would be the owner of said physical copy and when they sell it, all digital backups would be erased. What's the legality that stops this from working?

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kgwgk 4y ago
https://www.wired.com/2011/10/streaming-movie-service-zediva-pays-hollywood-1-8m-shuts-down https://www.wired.com/2011/10/streaming-movie-service-zediva...
- boros2me 4y ago
  2011 wow... Thanks for sharing!
- pontifier 4y ago
  A key problem with zediva was that they were only offering rentals, not ownership. Ownership of a particular copy gives you rights that you don't have when renting.
Mindwipe 4y ago
> 3. In the storage facility a digital backup is made and uploaded to a cloud storage Generally speaking neither of these parts are legal in most territories without rightsholder permission.
maerF0x0 4y ago
One thing to note is this would be very expensive from a bandwidth perspective, of course depending on streaming quality. A 2 hour 4k video is about 40GB of data transfer, I'm presuming if someone buys something over rent they're going to watch it at least 3x... A quick google suggests 120GB can cost $6 to move. happy to hear if my math is off and learn more about the pricing structures
dghlsakjg 4y ago
1DollarScan.com is an interesting service that does this for books. You can order books direct from Amazon, and they will digitize them for you
paxys 4y ago
Unauthorized reproduction, even for personal use, is illegal under IP laws. This company would get sued by movie studios 5 minutes after it launches.
pontifier 4y ago
This is what I'm attempting to revive with Murfie/Crossies. Right now, I'm dealing with unrelated problems with my warehouse so the service is only partly functional. In my opinion the basic model, with true ownership, should be completely legal under copyright law.

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kgwgk 4y ago

https://www.wired.com/2011/10/streaming-movie-service-zediva-pays-hollywood-1-8m-shuts-down https://www.wired.com/2011/10/streaming-movie-service-zediva...

boros2me 4y ago
2011 wow... Thanks for sharing!
pontifier 4y ago
A key problem with zediva was that they were only offering rentals, not ownership. Ownership of a particular copy gives you rights that you don't have when renting.

Mindwipe 4y ago

> 3. In the storage facility a digital backup is made and uploaded to a cloud storage Generally speaking neither of these parts are legal in most territories without rightsholder permission.

maerF0x0 4y ago

One thing to note is this would be very expensive from a bandwidth perspective, of course depending on streaming quality. A 2 hour 4k video is about 40GB of data transfer, I'm presuming if someone buys something over rent they're going to watch it at least 3x... A quick google suggests 120GB can cost $6 to move. happy to hear if my math is off and learn more about the pricing structures

dghlsakjg 4y ago

1DollarScan.com is an interesting service that does this for books. You can order books direct from Amazon, and they will digitize them for you

paxys 4y ago

Unauthorized reproduction, even for personal use, is illegal under IP laws. This company would get sued by movie studios 5 minutes after it launches.

pontifier 4y ago

This is what I'm attempting to revive with Murfie/Crossies. Right now, I'm dealing with unrelated problems with my warehouse so the service is only partly functional. In my opinion the basic model, with true ownership, should be completely legal under copyright law.