[bcrosby95]

If it expires next year then you could download it free anyways.

[j16sdiz]

I am not buying the content, I am buying the service.

What I expect as a part of deal was, to have access to that content without worrying about backups or storage spaces.

If they can't provide that, it have to be communicated upfront.

[mjevans]

Presently, in practical terms, 'lifetime' may as well be 100 years. Though I'd still prefer to see it as 'lifetime*' ... '*lifetime is 100 years'.

[crazygringo]

Not if nobody makes it available.

Just because a copyright expires doesn't mean somebody has given you free access.

Plenty of copyrighted works have simply been lost to the ages.