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VidAngel tried this. They sold movies for $20, bought them back for $19 when you were done, and then streamed the video to you in the meantime. $1 streaming vid
by phamilton 4y ago
VidAngel tried this. They sold movies for $20, bought them back for $19 when you were done, and then streamed the video to you in the meantime. $1 streaming video rentals, for movies that weren't available anywhere online.
It did not last long.
- gjsman-1000 4y agoTheir main problem, IIRC, was that they broke DMCA 1201 to crack the encryption on the disc, edit the contents of the movie, and then stream the movie back to the customer; unless the customer requested the disc back. It wasn't the buying and reselling. It was the editing and digital lock picking.
- troupe 4y agoI wonder if the lawsuit would have gone differently had they had thousands of DVD players that you were viewing the DVDs from remotely.
- rtpg 4y agoThere was a similar case where some NY-based startup had thousands of small antennas and DVRs, so you could stream NY TV, and in theory the entire pipeline was being just rented to you. Went to the Supreme Court, and they got owned. Company was shut down. IIRC the trouble came down to the notion of retransmission (thus copyright violations). The argument that it was being sent to just one customer was not really accepted by the justices I think.
- MikeRichardson 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aereo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aereo It was several markets, not just NY. Houston was one because I remember briefly subscribing to Aereo.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoThat's not reselling. It's an unauthorized copy that required a circumvention device to create.
- mensetmanusman 4y agoVidAngel was the best. Too bad they are gone. The library rental system has a bunch of stuff though…
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