“Possession is 2/3 of the Law” and guess who has possession of that data?!
Sure, one could take them to court, at best spending a ton of money to get a few dollars worth of movies back if you actually win.
If you had possession instead and they wanted to take it away from you, then it’s they who would have to take you to court.
The point being that those who don’t have possession are the ones who get the hassle of trying to get their shit back when they’re in the right which is often not worth it.
It’s not by chance that the industries using digital media absolutely love phone-DRM - it means that even when the data is stored in your data store, access to it is still under their control hence they de facto have the same level of control as possession gives (in great part thanks to corrupt governments which passed anti-circumvention legislation, otherwise you could likely turn that possession of the DRM-locked file into possession of the contained data)
The possession logic applies to just about everything, not just digital media. For example, if your power bill is directly charged to your bank account and they make a mistake and overcharge, it’s YOUR problem, if they send you a bill that you then pay, if they make a mistake it’s THEIR problem.
“Possession is 2/3 of the Law” and guess who has possession of that data?!
Sure, one could take them to court, at best spending a ton of money to get a few dollars worth of movies back if you actually win.
If you had possession instead and they wanted to take it away from you, then it’s they who would have to take you to court.
The point being that those who don’t have possession are the ones who get the hassle of trying to get their shit back when they’re in the right which is often not worth it.
It’s not by chance that the industries using digital media absolutely love phone-DRM - it means that even when the data is stored in your data store, access to it is still under their control hence they de facto have the same level of control as possession gives (in great part thanks to corrupt governments which passed anti-circumvention legislation, otherwise you could likely turn that possession of the DRM-locked file into possession of the contained data)
The possession logic applies to just about everything, not just digital media. For example, if your power bill is directly charged to your bank account and they make a mistake and overcharge, it’s YOUR problem, if they send you a bill that you then pay, if they make a mistake it’s THEIR problem.