It’s interesting how we jumped from owning physical media to “buying” permission to stream the file through the cloud.
Is there no service for people who are willing to pay for a downloadable, DRM-free copy of the file? It might be a bit niche, but it could at least make more than the $0 they make on each pirated copy.
There are a few authors and musicians who do things like that, selling things DRM-free on their own site. But, the US “content” industry is a handful of mega companies who are doing everything possible to maximize copyright so they can lock up and control as much stuff as possible.
Yeah I’ve bought some music like that before. I’ve also bought vinyl records that would include a small paper with a download code on it, which is cool.
It’s interesting how we jumped from owning physical media to “buying” permission to stream the file through the cloud.
Is there no service for people who are willing to pay for a downloadable, DRM-free copy of the file? It might be a bit niche, but it could at least make more than the $0 they make on each pirated copy.
GOG if you want to buy DRM-free games. Hoping to find a movie version of the site, I want digital copies of “Them!”, “Patlabor”, and so on.
Yeah Steam has some DRM-free games too. It’s interesting how this is an option for other media, but not movies (AFAIK)
There are a few authors and musicians who do things like that, selling things DRM-free on their own site. But, the US “content” industry is a handful of mega companies who are doing everything possible to maximize copyright so they can lock up and control as much stuff as possible.
Yeah I’ve bought some music like that before. I’ve also bought vinyl records that would include a small paper with a download code on it, which is cool.