Hacker News Reader

Physically, yes, as long as the medium doesn't get damaged or deteriorated.

Digitally, the "forever" part doesn't actually work that great in practice [1]. Unless you can download the movie and store or yourself.

[1] https://www.slashfilm.com/560987/you-still-own-movies-on-app...

View on HN

I’ve seen a few venues where it’s possible to digitally buy DRM‐free movies, as a straight up downloadable 1080p MP4. Unfortunately the selection is very limited, to pretty much just a handful of indie documentaries and short films.

I know of three sources: VHX, Vimeo On Demand, and GOG. Although upon looking it appears VHX is now owned by Vimeo, so there are really only two.

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/

https://www.gog.com/movies

Yeah, it's unfortunate that the movie industry has held on to DRM so hard.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com