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Not true in the US.

You can rent any physical media. No special license required.

No license required? nor fee? I mean, if you can rent any physical media it’s a big loss of revenue for a studio, I’ve always assumed the studios got a share of rentals.

No license or fee required. It's called the first-sale doctrine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine

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