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Originally Posted by BoldlyDubious
2. to protect their revenues, companies are trying to pass the new concept that you don't pay to OWN THE MEDIA; you pay to PLAY THE CONTENT. They need this new concept, because they are not selling physical media anymore, and (with DRM) you don't even own the files you downloaded because you can't do what you want with them.
This new concept allows media companies to claim that if you play their content and didn't pay for them, you're a thief and should be treated as such.
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Hopefully no one will fall for that! Seriously, that is so transparent that I am amazed this topic even comes up. If these companies really want to try to pull off "you don't own the media, you rented it" then they are the very people who are promoting file sharing. If they really want someone to blame they only need to find the closest mirror...