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Re:Why I Bid $700 for a Stolen PSN Account by CobrastanJorji on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @07:10PM (#18180604)
It'd be lovely to see a return of the first sale doctrine, as well. We gave up the right to own a movie when we went to streaming. I want to be able to sell my stuff again. More importantly, I want Netflix to be able to offer streaming of everything they have the DVDs for.
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Re:Why I Bid $700 for a Stolen PSN Account by dwighttk on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @07:31PM (#18180701)
>I want Netflix to be able to offer streaming of everything they have the DVDs for.

That is why it will never happen.

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Re:Why I Bid $700 for a Stolen PSN Account by reymus on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @07:54PM (#18180825)
Could you explain?
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Re:Why I Bid $700 for a Stolen PSN Account by dwighttk on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @08:16PM (#18180916)
The people who own streaming rights would go from having something that is worth money to something that is completely worthless.

Netflix is one of those companies so even they wouldn’t fight for it.

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Re:Why I Bid $700 for a Stolen PSN Account by toast0 on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @08:08PM (#18180883)
Netflix has a right to rent physical discs, but streaming is different than lending. I would love for movies to have compulsory licensing like music does though.
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Re:Why I Bid $700 for a Stolen PSN Account by Gaelan on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @01:18AM (#18182168)
> Netflix has a right to rent physical discs, but streaming is different than lending.

I’m curious about this. I mean it’s different in terms of implementation and law, but conceptually it’s pretty similar.

Side-note-thought-experiment: in places where it is legal to “pirate” content you own, could Netflix get around this by renting a DVD to you (but holding in in escrow for you at their location) then providing you streaming access to that DVD?

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Re:Why I Bid $700 for a Stolen PSN Account by toast0 on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @01:58AM (#18182358)
Streaming in my mind is more like asking your friend to come over to watch a movie, than lending them the movie to watch themselves.

Exhibition rights are significantly different than private viewing rights.

At the end of the day, the results are roughly the same, one more person has seen the film. But there's a lot of subtlety in how that happens.

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Re:Why I Bid $700 for a Stolen PSN Account by homero on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @02:44AM (#18182534)
No they got shutdown https://www.wired.com/2011/08/zediva-preliminary-injunction/
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Re:Why I Bid $700 for a Stolen PSN Account by s73v3r_ on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @08:08PM (#18180885)
You can't own the stream, but you can still buy the DVD, and first sale still applies there.
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