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‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services
What would it take to get a “Steam but TV/movies instead of games”? I feel like if I could see reviews of movies and I could buy them and download them and have them forever and buy them on sale and all that good stuff, it wouldn’t be so bad.
How come none of the streaming services have gone for this model? Steam is swimming in money, surely this method could work?
@SorteKanin @thirdBreakfast I guess Amazon and iTunes would be the closest thing, but rights expire for TV shows and movies far more often than they do for games. It’s insane that there are shows from 10 years ago that aren’t legally accessible or are straight-up lost media because the rights expired.
rights expire for TV shows and movies far more often than they do for games
Any idea why there is this discrepancy between TV and games?
@SorteKanin I guess that the contracts for movies and shows have a shorter period than they do with video games. Having longer contracts and maintaining them helps. It also helps when companies have an interest in keeping their content available, unlike Warner-Discovery.