7/22/2026 at 2:41:54 PM
by speckx
7/22/2026 at 6:09:48 PM
Owning means your government protecting against others taking your stuff.There's no any real legislation about digital products, so you don't own digital.
by rewqaz555
7/22/2026 at 2:50:45 PM
It's less convenient for sure, but I miss the days of DVD collections and big binders in the car full of burned CDs. It was a pain, yes, but you knew what you had.by mrhottakes
7/22/2026 at 8:25:00 PM
I've had the same collection of MP3s on my phone for the last decade.by ThrowawayTestr
7/22/2026 at 2:55:06 PM
Yes me too, best part of the week-end was going to block buster on friday getting the 2+1 DVD offer.by damienmeur
7/22/2026 at 4:11:47 PM
Id argue digital media is still physical media when it simply a portable file. A smaller form, yet no doubt physical.I think the distinction comes when your the digital media no longer becomes portable. Then it's like a leasing or renting.
by smalltorch
7/22/2026 at 7:43:08 PM
This is just dancing around data ownership.It's not about physical vs digital, it's about whether you have the freedom to do as you wish with the data you have, or if it or you are in someway beholden to a 3rd party for permission to use it (be it DRM, Licensing, Subscription, Always Online, whatever).
Even more specifically, what does it actually mean when we buy or own something digital?
by 0manrho
7/22/2026 at 4:30:03 PM
Yeah, Hollywood went nuts for DRM under the assumption that just giving people the files would result in mass piracy.Piracy will always happen. DRM doesn't stop anything. Media is meant to be watched and heard which means no matter what gets cooked up, it can be defeated with a camcorder and a microphone.
About the only other reason for DRM is that hollywood wanted to make it so someone couldn't buy their movies for cheaper by shopping in different regions.
There really is basically no reason in the modern era why we shouldn't be able to buy DRM free media. Even for a premium.
by cogman10
7/22/2026 at 4:30:33 PM
DVDs and CDs are digital media. "Digital" does not mean "rented instead of owned".by pwdisswordfishq
7/22/2026 at 6:21:42 PM
Hey, I logged in as you, it really is your password lol.by pwdisswordfishq
7/22/2026 at 7:45:12 PM
I thought this was a bit, but then I tried it for myself. It really is his password!by pwdisswordfishq