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by gregmac
2750 days ago
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> For music, software, and movies situation is more complicated - even on a physical medium - you do not own them, you have the license to use it. I don't think this is the proper comparison of rent vs own for media content. While it's true you don't own the actual content (in the sense you own a house or car), you do own the physical medium, and this gives you non-revocable access to the content. An EULA or other contract may still say you don't have an actual license or right to use the content, but it can't just make that physical item disappear. When you 'rent' access (eg, streaming service), aside from obviously losing access if you stop paying rent, the actual content owner can decide to stop licensing the content and it will just completely disappear. |
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There's also the shitty hybrid model where even though you own a physical copy of digital goods (say, Grand Theft Auto), the content owner can still revoke all or part of the content-- as happens with the soundtrack of every GTA title after about ten years.