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GORDON wrote: I have a shitload of marvel movies on Vudu, when I bought "blu ray with digital download."

Let's see if I still have those movies in a couple years.

Vince wrote:

TheCatt wrote:

Vince wrote: Do you think Disney will catch any blowback from people that have bought their movies on other streaming platforms that will no longer be able to access them when the Disney streaming service starts up?

If they bought it, they would still have rights. I would just think that the streaming monthly places would lose it.

And Disney may even leave stuff on the for sale sites, Google play, apple, etc

Doesn't usually work that way. I was an early adopter for MS service. Once they lost the rights to songs, they went away from my library. Even when they were on your device (thanks DRM!). Even when I'd bought them. I don't think when you "buy" a movie from Netflix or Amazon (other than a physical copy) that you're actually buying the movie. Only the right to stream it for free from their platform. Once they can no longer provide it because of licensing, you don't get to stream it anymore.

Leisher wrote: With services like Steam, you bought it and you get it when they shut down. They state that in their terms of service. Obviously that wasn't the case with MS Music, I would bet you anything it's the case with Apple music, and so on.

Vince wrote:

Leisher wrote: With services like Steam, you bought it and you get it when they shut down. They state that in their terms of service. Obviously that wasn't the case with MS Music, I would bet you anything it's the case with Apple music, and so on.

And it wasn't even when MS Music shut down. Before they went belly up I'd find that songs I'd bought stopped being playable because whichever artist/record company didn't renew their agreement with MS. I'm guessing providers used that fiasco to fine tune their agreements. Or it might boil down to who has the best PR group. I'll be curious to see what happens.

Microsoft started selling ebooks back in 2017 but tech limitations made them unpopular with users. As my colleague Alex Cranz explained back in April, anyone who bought Microsoft’s ebooks had to use Microsoft’s Edge browser and the company never made a dedicated ebook reader application. The books also came with restrictive DRM, the digital locks on media that prohibit people from sharing the files with others. Unfortunately, the existence of those same locks are the precise reason that Microsoft can pull the plug on your books remotely.

Users will automatically get refunded to whatever account they have on file, but if your credit card has expired or you don’t have a payment stored with the company, Microsoft will give you a credit that can be used online in the Microsoft Store.

What happens if you made annotations or notes in your ebooks? Those are going to disappear too. But Microsoft is giving $25 to anyone who made annotations in their books prior to April 2. How generous, right?

Leisher wrote: Renews a bunch of its animated shows.

Leisher wrote: I started that show once. Got through the whole first season, but I remember nothing about it and have no interest in watching more.

On their quarterly earnings call, Disney execs confirmed a pricetag for the bundled streaming offer they'd teased while announcing Disney+. While that service will cost $7.99 per month on its own, this push to bring cord cutters back into their fold adds on ESPN+ and ad-supported Hulu for $12.99 per month. That's about $5 less than subscribing to them separately -- and the exact same price as Netflix's standard plan -- and it will be available as soon as Disney+ launches on November 12th.

GORDON wrote: "Ad-supported Hulu."