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Imagine this for DVDs.

A lawyer representing the now-defunct Virgin Megastores is obliged by Warner Bros to contact you and insist you download a firmware update for your DVD player to disable playback of the Lord of the Rings disc you purchased 5 years ago.

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You don't own the content on DVDs either

Thats ridiculous. Says who? Do you have any sources that say you don’t own dvd content indefinitely?

>When consumers buy a DVD or Blu-ray disc, they are not purchasing the motion picture itself, rather they are purchasing access to the motion picture which affords only the right to access the work according to the format’s particular specifications (i.e., through the use of a DVD player), or the Blu-ray Disc format specifications (i.e., through the use of a Blu-ray format player).

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150422/23110430764/dvd-m...

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