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If there is a constant stream of GOOD new releases of movies or music the companies seem willing to let us own the rights to view the content. When this stream stops and we stop buying the DVDs and CDs at the rate we once did they look to other routes to ensure that the revenue stream keeps flowing.
They are not content to receive a payment one time, they want a payment everytime we view or listen to something.
Most of us acquired our film, tv, and music libraries over the years. We paid then, we don't want to pay again. It was bad enough with the music when we went from Lp records (or 45 rpm) to 8-track to cassette to CD (and perhaps reel-to-reel thrown in there somewhere) as the quality improved and again with video when we went from VHS (or beta) to DVD and now they want us to buy it again in HD or blu-ray. They also want us to pay additional (or again) if we want to view it on a PSP or iPod.
This is a story of an industry that has a flawed business model (where have we heard that before) that spends more time and money thinking up new ways to restrict us than they do in developing and producing new and better products.
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