If you buy a book or a vinyl record, you can use and enjoy it indefinitely or at least for as long as it physically lasts, but that's not always the case with digital media.
In fact, it's becoming more common for large studios to either pull a movie you've downloaded or stop supporting a game you've bought online. Even owning a physical copy of a video game no longer guarantees you'll be able to play it.
Ross Scott from the group Stop Killing Games explains to Emile how they have started pushing back against this model of ownership, where online requirements and server shutdowns can render a game completely unplayable.
PlayStation controller. Photo: Unsplash / yuhaimedia
