You don't OWN any movies... - Physical Media vs Digital Media

Amazon recently stated that you do not actually own your digital downloads, but do you even own your movies on DVD and Blu-ray?

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[kurtdewittphoto]

I've been rapidly building my collection via a local pawn shop. People buy the physical movies, then turn them in after using the digital code. So a lot of them are basically in new condition. I love it. I will never go digital only for movies. I don't care about the space they take up.

[travis]

When physical media goes out of print you don't lose the right to watch the movie even technically. Copyright law says that you own a copy and therefore you can use that copy in certain prescribed ways. You can even resell it regardless of if the original publisher still has the rights to it. This is called the "first sale doctrine". With "digital" copies you have basically no rights except a revocable license to use the content as long as it is convenient for both the copyright holder and the streaming provider.

[canterasehistory]

Christopher Nolan wants fans to keep buying films on Blu-ray.Physical discs, not streams.

[bmg]

I've always told people, I don't own the movie but I own a COPY of the movie. Therefore the movie can't be taken away from me no matter if a studio loses the license to it or not. That's why there are protections on the disc to prevent me from EASILY copying to another disc, simply because I don't OWN the actual movie.

[atoz]

Thankfully, Amazon will not show up at my door to take my discs back. That's what matters

[always_serpico]

Yeah, but Paramount isn’t going to come to my house and pull DVDs and Blu-rays off my shelf. Not without me beating somebody’s ass.

[aphillychristmas]

THIS IS WHY PHYSICAL MEDIA IS THE BEST!

[BabylonLurker]

I have been telling people for years, "You don't actually own your digital movies. They can disappear at any time.", but they never listen.

[ESLTeacherTom]

You do indeed own the movies on DVD, blu-ray, VHS, etc. If this were not the case, no one would be able to legally rent out or re-sell them. Don't buy into the "you own nothing" narrative. Amazon has tried to copyright a basic color. You own your DVDs like you own your books. It is the copyright you do not own.

[jasonvoorhees]

I'm so glad you acknowledged how ridiculous this is! Can just imagine 2 burly guys in black suits and sunglasses banging on my door asking for my copy of Elf which I'm half way through!

[nickdorenkamp]

When it comes to physical media vs. digital media honestly I prefer physical media. The reason as why I do is because 1. It makes finding a specific movie easier to find (or in the case of a TV series a specific episode) and 2. What you just said.
I only ever used digital media as a decision maker to decide which movies are worth owning physically. I do this by acknowledging the fact that digital media is similar to broadcast rights with just a few differences. Personally I don't own anything on digital but I have both rented movies and had subscriptions to movie channels on Prime which to some extent count as digital media. Preferably I prefer movie channels over renting for convenience sake.

[gavinramsden]

Can't believe you don't own Barry Lindon anymore Elliot, sorry for your loss. Rip.

[cinemafella]

Guys lets not sweat the small stuff like this. Just buy what you wanna buy and know that your physical copy cant be taken from you by any means

[conorfurlong]

It’s as simple as this: you do own it for personal use - you are legally allowed to watch it for as long as you have a player capable of playing it, regardless of it going out of point; the film company going bankrupt; or the film rights being sold to a another company, etc etc. It is yours for personal use forever.

But... you can’t go around playing your blu rays on a large screen for public audiences. You can’t make copies and share them with friends or sell copies. This has always been the case.

[lydiaruby]

This and with recent editing of old properties is why I'm such a huge proponent for physical media. Dvds can never be edited and can never be taken back.

[nu-metalfan]

Yeah I love physical media because it’s not only something you get to keep, but I just love the art work on the covers. Companies/labels like Arrow/Arrow Academy, Indicator, Scream/Shout Factory, Criterion, Kino Lorber, Eureka, Warner Archive, and Vestron all do amazing Blu Rays with good artwork, I just wish they could sell every Blu Ray because the standard Blu Rays don’t look as nice, and I wished they all sold Region B versions as well. But you can’t appreciate it as much when you are downloading or streaming digitally because you don’t get to keep it and you lose out on the great artwork.

[michaelalanpowell]

Great video, just shows you can't beat physical media. I get told, by digital only types, that my blurays will deteriorate with time. Not if you look after them they won't. They will definitely out last digital by far!

[Yuginami]

Other good complaint about digital downloaded movies is that you NEED internet to watch them. If the internet disconnects for any reason, the customer's movie experience is ruined.

[Forestwidow]

I recently started creating my own physical 4k and Blu ray collection it's the first collection or hobby I have ever really truly had and it's been an absolute joy in a world that is turning to digital media when I see people freak out when they lose their license of a movie, show on streaming platforms or apps

[articulatechav]

They can take my disks when they pry them from my cold dead hands.