UV owners can be charged to access titles after 1 year!

[gueeds]

It is always something I worry about when I redeem a UV copy instead of selling it off. But then again, can't really expect them to offer free streaming/downloading of a movie you bought 10/15/20+ years down the line.

Then again, unless they offer some type of value-add like access to various cuts and special features, 4k versions, better audio, etc... with a subscription to have full access to all your films, I'd consider it.

[Dunk the Lunk]

Originally Posted by gueeds

It is always something I worry about when I redeem a UV copy instead of selling it off. But then again, can't really expect them to offer free streaming/downloading of a movie you bought 10/15/20+ years down the line.

I'd be pretty annoyed if I'd invested in UV and that becomes true in 10 years or so. iTunes lets you re-download almost everything (music, movies, tv shows etc) you've ever bought for free. It is well past the 10 year mark for music and it's also approaching this milestone for TV shows (launched 2005). It's almost eight years since they started doing films.

So I can't see it happening unless iTunes starts to charge for re-downloading. Which I also can't see happening!

[squatting hen]

I am pretty sure 15, 20 years down the road we would have moved on to something else besides UV. Technology will change, and I don't expect my UV copy of Twilight to be upgraded to whatever the newest and greatest quality is. (Maybe it will, and it would be great if it happens) With that, when the standard TV is 12K 4D (make up anything) would I really want to watch my old movies in crappy 1080P? Nope. Just like I didn't save my VCR and tapes. Something better came out and I upgraded.

You are buying what it is now. Just like when you buy a blu ray disc. Magically, 20 years from now, it is not going to do anything different than it does today. The difference though, it might be difficult to find a player to play that disc, or a compatible TV.