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If you can afford to buy physical media, that is the alternative here if you’re worried about the rug being pulled from under you.

Streaming is fine but people need to know it can change any moment and to have no faith in something being on that platform for all time, even if the company insists on “forever”.

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For what it’s worth blu rays copy protection system was designed so that keys can be revoked so without ripping a DRM free version it’s also possible to lose access to your physical media in this way

I was going to say. More recent blurays seem harder to rip ( which I do for my own personal library ). MakeMKV sadly is no longer enough for those. My only solace is that I am not a quality snob and DVDs are sufficient 9/10. Still, it feels like the actual battle is being lost.

Yes, there are other avenues, but legally my options are starting to become limited.

Problem with physical is that all things degrade. Digital can be reproduced ad infinitum with error correcting code

You're allowed to make backups of your physical media with copyright-protected works and replace them with fresh perfect digital copies if they degrade.

Yep. My play is to buy the physical media to support the artists and then rely on my digital backups for true ‘forever’ access. NAS FTW

‘Power to the people Coz’ - Martin Bishop

But this announcement is for people who bought the physical media and it came with a code where they could stream it as well.

Or just rip the streams (StreamFab etc).

There's no rational reason to respect property rights of people who don't respect yours.

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