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> was that Netflix could buy the disks from anywhere (even the local Walmart, if they had to), and lend them to customers Is that actually true ? I thought buy
by glaucon 3y ago
> was that Netflix could buy the disks from anywhere (even the local Walmart, if they had to), and lend them to customers
Is that actually true ? I thought buying a disk and then lending it for money was a breach of the copyright ... isn't that pretty much what that big block of text says at the start of every disk delivered movie ? At least where I live !
- dzdt 3y agoNo, buying a physical disk gives you rights to lend that physical object. The warning says you are not allowed to make copies. That is one anti-consumer aspect of the shift to streaming media. With physical discs netflix could build a sharing business without permission from anyone. With streaming the corresponding thing is illegal.