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I guess I'm thinking of TV shows and movies, which are DRMed.
by MatthewPhillips 14y ago
I guess I'm thinking of TV shows and movies, which are DRMed.
- WiseWeasel 14y agoAnd Amazon's downloadable videos aren't? All online video "purchasing" services are DRM-laden crap. Blame the publishers.
- MatthewPhillips 14y agoAmazon's videos are available on a wide-variety of hardware platforms, so I'm much more confident purchasing from them.
- WiseWeasel 14y agoMeh, I don't see much difference, and I won't kid myself into thinking that I'm actually "purchasing" anything from either of those services, rather than a semi-long-term rental at a higher price. I'll stream DRM video for a cheap monthly fee but I won't "buy" it since it's never mine, given that the purchases can be rendered worthless at the flip of the service provider's switch. If I want permanent access to a movie, I get the shiny disc and rip it to a standard format.
- blub 14y agoThe only DRM-free providers of Tv shows/movies that I know of are pirates. It's especially sad outside of the US because a ton of content is simply not legally available.