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by fastball 2843 days ago
Buying a DVD gives you the right to view that content, but that "right" disappears if you scratch the DVD.
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clear_dg 2843 days ago
Unless you have a private copy, which is allowed in many countries. As long as you keep a backup, you effectively have this "right" for life.

And what if the publishers break into your home and are the ones to scratch the DVD? That reflects better what happened in the article.

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fastball 2842 days ago
You can keep a copy of your iTunes media, it's perfectly legal.

Apple is not the publisher, they are the distributor. They are not "coming into your home and scratching your DVD", an actually analogous analogy would be they stop supporting the DVD format with new disc players they release.

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