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by J_Darnley 4055 days ago
Because two large forms of art are locked away using copyright by legacy companies unwilling to innovate. Those legacy companies seem to be trying their hardest to kill off the two "newest" outlets for that media.

And physical art only has worth because of its scarcity.

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Which two are you thinking of?
I'm guessing recorded music and film/TV.
Bingo. Music and video. The services being Netflix and Spotify. I don't like their model, I would rather own the content, but that doesn't mean I want to see them run into the ground. The industries seem to want to stunt them.

Video content is split between several services and locked into regions. All of it comes with DRM and as far as I know all of it is streamed.

Music is fairing a little better. Most popular music is sold my most stores. I think all of it is DRM free these days. However music is being pulled off Spotify due to moaning about how little per play the copyright holders recieve. There are some dodgy stories emerging about "back room deals" to try to kill off free content on various services.