OPINION : I ’ve read plenty of articles late about the death of physical culture medium , the death of Blu - ray , the death of CD , the rebirth of vinyl group and cassette tapes . And I ’ve read probably just as many ( some I ’ve written ) about the take with pullulate services . Rather than these things being a certainty , everything is more in a state of magnetic field .
right on now , the trend is move in the guidance of digital media , and it ’s an area that will continue to grow . strong-arm mass medium is n’t in its expiry throe , it ’s not going to melt into a wisp and drift by on the wind , but its hugely democratic , mass market days of the early 2000s are potential behind it .
Digital media has supersede physical media ( replaced is not really the term ) but it has come at a cost . The newsworthiness that relate to this column wasannounced back in Julyso it is n’t really ‘ new ; , but it did n’t amount into force until August 31st . The newsworthiness was that the PlayStation Store will withdraw StudioCanal motion picture from its German and Austrian store because of licensing publication .
Of course that ’s nothing new , licensing agreements are always evolve , but the stickler here is not that you wo n’t be able to download StudioCanal cognitive content from the store any longer , but that you will lose access to moving picture that you have bought i.e. you will no longer be able to watch these filmsat all .
That is , quite candidly , cockeyed . The fact that you ’ve miss admittance to content that you ’ve paid for baffle . It ’s a problem worsen by these walled gardens of content , the inability to transfer these items off of one platform due to digital media rightfield . As has been note before with digital content , you do n’t own it , you are effectively hire it and the carpeting can be pulled from beneath you suddenly .
I ’ve listen of the issues with the iTunes movie store where content purchased in one market can not be reassign to another , so if you move countries there ’s the possibility you wo n’t be able-bodied to watch over the movies and TV shows you ’ve stock up on . Digital metier was , at least it seemed to me , meant to offer more freedom and flexibility : all your favourite shows accessible on your laptop computer or tablet . That opinion now seems to be something of a Sion .
It highlights the obvious and blazing issue with digital content , made regretful still by the fact that in the statement on the PlayStation Store from 2021 about its move todiscontinue moving-picture show and TV purchases , as the Charles William Post said “ user can still access movie and idiot box depicted object they have purchased through PlayStation Store for on - demand playback on their PS4 , PS5 and fluid equipment . ” Well that ’s now not true , and that only serves to get a common sense of distrustfulness .
So I will be sticking with strong-arm media , and continuing to invest in my4 K Blu - raycollection . While strong-arm medium is by no means perfect ; it ’s less aggravating than digital medium .
