Subj : Re: When everything is digital.. this happens..
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nightfox
Date : Sat Feb 25 2023 15:06:36

  Re: Re: When everything is digital.. this happens..
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Ogg on Sat Feb 25 2023 10:04 am

 PF> The other is digital rights management - the shift from purchasing music
 PF> to "obtaining a license". Before we just had to worry about not being
 PF> able to make archival copies, backup copies, or copies intended for
 PF> playback on a media not supported by the work of art - all things
 PF> guaranteed by the copyright act of 1974.

 PF> Now, publishers want to be able to rescind rights to previously-licensed
 PF> media - Amazon has already done that on the Kindle store.

 PF> When your media company goes out of business, good luck having your
 PF> restricted media still be available, or play.

That's one of the main reasons I still like to buy physical copies of media. I tend to rip it for easier playback on multiple devices these days, but I like having a physical copy that won't suddenly disappear.

I've ripped all my music CDs to FLAC and MP3 - I've copied the MP3s to my various devices, and I keep both the MP3s and the FLACs on an external USB hard drive as a backup.  I also have a Plex Media Server (which is one of the things I've copied my MP3s onto), and lately I've been ripping more of my movies from blu-ray (and DVD) to put on my Plex server.  So I feel like I have the best of both worlds, owning a physical copy and being able to easily stream them from my own media server.

Nightfox
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