You have been writing stuff like this about Amazon for a long time. So why are you still giving them your money without taking delivery? There is a lot to be said for cash and carry!
Do not buy streaming movies from Amazon. Check. Do the others (iTunes, Google) have similar agreements? And is there supposed to be a link in this post?
And they wonder why they canât shut down the Pirate Bay?
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There are formatting issues with the post; itâs not Coryâs story, he knows better than to buy digital media from Amazon. The first part should be in the quote box too.
So we are blaming Amazon for Disney still being a greedy bastard after all these yearsâŚ
If Amazon wanted to have any Disney content Iâm sure this was the best âdealâ Disney would offer them.
Yes⌠but Amazon could make the terms clear to the end user. I guess a gold button labeled âBuy license to sometimes view content at our and rights-holderâs discretionâ wouldnât have the same oomph.
I just very tentatively stuck my foot out into the Kindle world and bought like, two books. Not after this.
Sounds like I need to start paying merchants by providing them with a limited license to some of my EULACash, subject to certain terms and conditions including but not limited to revocation at any time.
Cory: âWell itâs Christmas time again, and you know me, the ever optimist. So again I bought some on-line DRM content from Amazon and once again I got burned.â
Dude, you are global internet icon. Loved the George âFool me once, fool me twiceâ but really, you do this once every three months. Every year. For the last three years. With the same result. Fine line between Optimist vs Just Dim.
DRM is bad. Buy it in a medium that you can own it and keep it. So far Cloud Data has been a bust (think of all the music services that are gone with your money) and in your case, Amazon, yet again, screwing users.
So can I suggest in this holiday season of people digging the same hole you have, that you come out in full force against this nonsense? Nice that Amazon gave you a pass (oh yea, Cory, internet Icon!) but for Joe, thatâs not going to happen.
Happy Holiday!
Yeah, youâre no longer buying these things - youâre âlicensingâ them for âviewingâ - itâs more akin to a rental or lease. Youâre paying for permission to view it while itâs available, they choose when itâs available. All streaming media is this way now. But that IS the difference with the iTunes store (so far), at least concerning music, books, and movies. Even if they get pulled from the store you still own them. TV shows I am less sure about.
I like kindle books. Their DRM (if there is any) is ridiculously easy to strip.
This sort of thing is why I still donât trust any cloud or streaming sorts of things, and still feel more comfortable with media thatâs either a physical object in my possession (paper, CD, DVD, etc.) or a file on my computerâs disk under a filesystem that lacks any (known) back doors where a third party can force its deletion.
Itâs not Coryâs story, itâs from reddit. See comment above. Thereâs a formatting problem with the post.
Okay, seriously, can we get some kind of Hippocratic Oath for professional programmers?
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Iâve always had a problem with this digital goods malarkey, I mean they are almost always just as expensive as the physical media version (havenât tried Kindle yet, so Iâm unaware of a price break with printed media), or more expensive than easily found used version, often on Amazon themselves or if youâre blessed with a good CD/Game Exchange-type used retail storeâŚ
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I donât fully grasp the convenience factor for most forms of consumption. For an e-reader, I suppose I do, but for everything else it seems more user friendly if you have it on disk because meemaw and peepwaw probably donât have a media server but probably do have a DVD player. Also it is my understanding that if you own a license to the original media then you are legally entitled to a digital version so you can rip it yourself or just d/l a copy. Then you can take your media with you in whatever format you prefer.
Shouldnât the post title be âDisney takes away accessâŚâ
I love the Disney apologist stance from the Disney digital-culture ambassador. Iâm surprised there isnât a link to buy Haunted Mansion memorabilia on a gaudy advertisement sidebar. Just another reminder of why I find myself visiting here less and less.
Wait Cory didnât already know this?
I donât know. I just think a noticeable warning like a half screen skull and bones with a âyou donât own this and we can take it out of your library whenever we feel like itâ caption should pop up before you can finalize your purchase. Seems reasonable to me, though Iâm somewhat sure Amazon and Disney would disagree.
Iâm sure if Amazon wanted, they could have negotiated a better deal. Sony certainly wanted access to the wider distribution. They both suck equally here.
