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*What rights do you have to the digital movies, TV shows and music you buy online? That question was on the minds of Telstra TV Box Office customers this month after the company announced it would shut down the service in June. Customers were told that unless they moved over to another service, Fetch, they would no longer be able to access the films and TV shows they had bought. *

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[–] designatedhacker@lemm.ee 14 points 6 months ago (10 children)

They could offer a way to download a copy and steganographically tag it to hell with your id so that they know if you distribute it. You can "loan it out" by letting friends stream off your Plex or whatever. If you start selling that streaming service or it shows up in torrents, it has your ID on it.

Boom, you own it forever and you're incentivized not to over share.

Or you know sell DRM free versions and let people do whatever, but that probably has a snowballs chance in hell.

[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 4 points 6 months ago (7 children)

Your first proposal still falls victim to the fact that screen recording exists.

[–] ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Like every system? What's the actual distinction you're trying to point out?

[–] masterbaexunn@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Guy clearly never recorded music of off the RADIO!

[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Oh, the memories... but we were paying a slight copyright fee on every blank disk and tape purchased in those days, regardless of use.

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