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Really big "exciting" news here (not!)

 

[Howard Simmons]

Really big "exciting" news here (not!)

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As long as they say they re not going out of business or transferring to another company. I've got to much invested in this.

 

[Bruce]

As long as they say they re not going out of business or transferring to another company. I've got to much invested in this.

Same, have about 4000 titles, been using the service since it's beginning, it was a big part of myself becoming a cord cutter back in the day.

 

[comfortably_numb]

As long as they say they re not going out of business or transferring to another company. I've got to much invested in this.

That's the danger with cloud media; do we really "own" it it the streamer goes belly up? Or do we "own" a license to play it as long as it's available?

 

[Bruce]

That's the danger with cloud media; do we really "own" it it the streamer goes belly up? Or do we "own" a license to play it as long as it's available?

Owning Physical Media is considered a license also, buying physical media (like a Blu-ray or game disc) is fundamentally purchasing an indefinite individual use license for the intellectual property on the disc, not the underlying copyright itself.

 

[ncted]

That's the danger with cloud media; do we really "own" it it the streamer goes belly up? Or do we "own" a license to play it as long as it's available?

Having already lost some content, the latter.

 

[ncted]

Owning Physical Media is considered a license also.

While technically correct, no defunct streaming service is going to come to my house and round up all my physical media.

 

[comfortably_numb]

Owning Physical Media is considered a license also.

Possession is 9/10 of the law, so if I own any physical media anymore (I don't), how would they come take it from me?

 

[comfortably_numb]

While technically correct, no defunct streaming service is going to come to my house and round up all my physical media.

You beat me to it!

 

[Bruce]

While technically correct, no defunct streaming service is going to come to my house and round up all my physical media.

Agreed, my worry is one day, my 4K Player will go bad, no one will be manufacturing new ones, happened with Laser Discs, will happen sooner or later.

Sad that there will not be a new Physical Media format after 4K discs.

 

[ncted]

Agreed, my worry is one day, my 4K Player will go bad, no one will be manufacturing new ones, happened with Laser Discs, will happen sooner or later.

Sad that there will not be a new Physical Media format after 4K discs.

Same. This is why I back everything up with a 3-2-1 strategy.

 

[Bruce]

Possession is 9/10 of the law, so if I own any physical media anymore (I don't), how would they come take it from me?

I do, will be sad when these no longer work, my movie room-

 

[Howard Simmons]

I do, will be sad when these no longer work, my movie room-
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Now show us the room where you have boxes of blue ray players as back ups.

 

[comfortably_numb]

Now show us the room where you have boxes of blue ray players as back ups.

And the room with the adult videos?

 

[Bruce]

Now show us the room where you have boxes of blue ray players as back ups.

I currently use the Panasonic DP-UB9000P1K, but I do have a Sony 7000U still in the box, ready to go.

I remember when my Laser Disc player went bad a few years after the format died, could not get a new one.

 

[Foxbat]

I remember when my Laser Disc player went bad a few years after the format died, could not get a new one

I still have a Pioneer DVL-909 LD/DVD player in my stack. Sadly, I lost the AC3 surround decoder that was on some Laserdiscs, so they don't sound a good as they used to.

Or look as good. I have quite a few discs with the dreaded "Laser-Rot", little sparkles in the image where the pits have degraded.

Hmmm, might just have to watch "All that Jazz" now…