Re: Confused about relation of Ultraviolet and services like Vudu and Flixster
Believe me, I understand your frustration. I was talking up UV to my friends and family until it became clear that sharing your library was not easy, and I'd have to set it up for most people. (That was before Vudu made invitations easy, of course.)
But I believe a retailer going out of business would be both more and less of a big deal in certain ways. First, obviously it would affect many movies for some people, not just one, so that would suck. But I also think that the people behind UVVU.com would find a way to keep those movies in your library, since they have a stake in the storing and sharing of those licenses.
This is just one movie, one that was an exception because it was one of the very first, and one retailer that didn't get the message, so in that way it's a minor issue...comparatively speaking, of course. I do agree that stuff like this shouldn't happen, and I'm sure there are people who lost access to Space Jam and didn't know who to ask about it. But I'm also seeing this as a problem that seems to have already been eliminated going forward, since they don't normally change ALIDs, as Daniel said it was an exception because it was one of the first UV movies.
Anyway, I'm not trying to tell you how to feel, or that it's not a big deal, I just figured I'd explain why it didn't cause me worry about the future of UV. It has bigger issues. Ones that I think it can and will overcome, but I see the lack of uniformity (not every retailer has every UV title) and the end-user confusion between different versions of the same title (extended/director's cut/theatrical/SD/HD/HDX) as much bigger issues for the future of UV.
Originally posted by mgbcondor
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But I believe a retailer going out of business would be both more and less of a big deal in certain ways. First, obviously it would affect many movies for some people, not just one, so that would suck. But I also think that the people behind UVVU.com would find a way to keep those movies in your library, since they have a stake in the storing and sharing of those licenses.
This is just one movie, one that was an exception because it was one of the very first, and one retailer that didn't get the message, so in that way it's a minor issue...comparatively speaking, of course. I do agree that stuff like this shouldn't happen, and I'm sure there are people who lost access to Space Jam and didn't know who to ask about it. But I'm also seeing this as a problem that seems to have already been eliminated going forward, since they don't normally change ALIDs, as Daniel said it was an exception because it was one of the first UV movies.
Anyway, I'm not trying to tell you how to feel, or that it's not a big deal, I just figured I'd explain why it didn't cause me worry about the future of UV. It has bigger issues. Ones that I think it can and will overcome, but I see the lack of uniformity (not every retailer has every UV title) and the end-user confusion between different versions of the same title (extended/director's cut/theatrical/SD/HD/HDX) as much bigger issues for the future of UV.
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