Le 2014-05-30 18:09, Orchid Win7 v1 a écrit :
>>>> Who needs physical media when you can stream HD over the airwaves (and
>>>> slowly cook the populace at the same time... but that's besides the
>>>> point)?
>>>
>>> Anyone who wants to be able to watch the same film again without having
>>> to pay multiple times?
>>
>> Who said anything about having to pay for it more than once?
>>
>> You download the movie to your HD, and then you broadcast it to your
>> TV/tablet/phone/GoogleGlasses/Neural implant from your wifi.
>
> Why transmit it to a TV when I have my PC right here?
>

Because your PC probably doesn't have a 8' wide projection screen.
Because you probably don't carry your PC with you to the pool.

> Also, you need some way to *get* the movie onto your PC in the first
> place. I'm not aware of any service that lets you legally download
> content like that. (Not without keeping it locked behind a DRM system
> which can automatically delete it for you when they want more money,
> anyway...)

I haven't looked at the EULA of iTunes or GooglePlay stores, but you can 
certainly buy movies from them.  They may still have the ability to 
remove them, but you can at least watch them for a while.

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