I once bought a classic movie in RCA laserdisc format, then the same movie in Beta, VHS and DVD formats subsequently. Now, I don't want to fall into same trap buying the same movie again in HDDVD or BR formats. I think I paid my dues already. I will only buy the same movie independent of its media format if it is forever for me to own and enjoy without DRM and to play with any media player I choose. Most people don't watch the same movie twice, movies without DRM are even more appropriate than music without DRM which people tend to listen over and over again.
Excellent point. In fact it reminds me something I've never understood about the buy/download media marketers: If I buy the song, album, movie, etc. and I (legally and sometimes technologically) cannot make a backup, why must I be forced to buy it again if I can no longer use my copy? The order history is plainly available in my account, so they obviously can see it too. Yet if cheaply made, poorly installed batteries in my overpriced laptop destroy my hard drive, I have no choice but to repurchase the item? I would much rather pay someone to hack DRM than buy another download of the same item, which won't even be of the same quality of the disc version.
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I once bought a classic movie in RCA laserdisc format, then the same movie in Beta, VHS and DVD formats subsequently. Now, I don't want to fall into same trap buying the same movie again in HDDVD or BR formats. I think I paid my dues already. I will only buy the same movie independent of its media format if it is forever for me to own and enjoy without DRM and to play with any media player I choose. Most people don't watch the same movie twice, movies without DRM are even more appropriate than music without DRM which people tend to listen over and over again.
Excellent point. In fact it reminds me something I've never understood about the buy/download media marketers: If I buy the song, album, movie, etc. and I (legally and sometimes technologically) cannot make a backup, why must I be forced to buy it again if I can no longer use my copy? The order history is plainly available in my account, so they obviously can see it too. Yet if cheaply made, poorly installed batteries in my overpriced laptop destroy my hard drive, I have no choice but to repurchase the item? I would much rather pay someone to hack DRM than buy another download of the same item, which won't even be of the same quality of the disc version.