Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African warehouse

Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by lotsofpulp on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @08:48PM (#28296850)

That is because the root problem is excessive copyright terms lasting 100+ years. Bump that down to 10 or even 20 years and you will see a market emerge for the abilities you are looking for.

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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @10:29PM (#28297438)

I think if you eliminated all copyright right now, people would still mostly choose to stream rather than deal with the hassle of managing a media library. It's a huge pain in the ass.

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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by lotsofpulp on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @11:00PM (#28297587)

If there was popular media that could be legally stored locally and played then there would be a market for it.

I imagine it would be possible for a company to sell a NAS with all 80s movies, and 90s movies, music, games, or whatever. Right now there is no incentive to selling devices that can locally distribute content within your home because there is no content to distribute in the first place. So the target market is too small and results in whatever Synology or Plex or XBMC solutions exist.

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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @08:44AM (#28300907)

You make a very good point. Right now the only DRM free media I can acquire is music (qobuz, hdtracks). There is no legal way to acquire DRM free movies or TV shows as far as I know.

I like the idea of a post-copyright world where you could buy a NAS preloaded with content. Unfortunately we seem to be headed for a future where you cannot even buy most media, you must subscribe to a service to stream it.

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