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[–] smik@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I hope customer protection will eventually force new terms on the "you buy the rights to view a movie which can be revoked anytime without reason". Like, given that most digital offers are priced nearly as high as their physical counterparts, there should be a law that the right must be given for at least 50 years or so.

[–] tal 3 points 11 months ago

I think that that would be hard to make work from a business standpoint. Too hard to reserve enough cash to operate for 50 years; businesses can go under.

Maybe just buy the physical movie.

I mean, a Blu-Ray or whatever is popular these days movie plus a player is self-contained and will keep working as long as you don't damage one or the other.

People still use fifty year old vinyl records.