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‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 7 months ago by thirdBreakfast@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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*What rights do you have to the digital movies, TV shows and music you buy online? That question was on the minds of Telstra TV Box Office customers this month after the company announced it would shut down the service in June. Customers were told that unless they moved over to another service, Fetch, they would no longer be able to access the films and TV shows they had bought. *

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[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 77 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

She later said Telstra had contacted her and offered a free Fetch box, which she acknowledged was a “reasonable resolution”.

And we have learned exactly nothing here. See you in 2 years when Fetch closes down and you are not getting anything back because you actually did not "buy" those movies on Fetch but on the previous platform.

[-] CaptKoala@lemmy.ml 15 points 7 months ago

Yep, assuming this new service lasts that long. Could be a year or less.

[-] kureta@lemmy.ml 27 points 7 months ago

Stop trying to make fetch happen!

[-] Neosnc@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

It’s not going to happen!

[-] Aarkon@feddit.de 7 points 7 months ago

Well, that or go to court for a movie collection. I'd phrase my statement differently, but I can see the appeal of the settlement.

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