It's my personal Opinion on why I don't purchase anystream. Why do you get mad at me?
You are paying pennies for the videos that you download. You are also purchasing a right to play on these streaming services. Not to own a physical copy that you download.
I purchased a physical copy of the disc to use whenever i want. I use anydvd to backup the physical disc so that if the disc should get damaged I have something to fall back on. I also paid a charge for the disc that the studios believe is a fair price for me to use the disc whenever I want for my own personal use.
Actors, directors, and other people who participated in the movies should be compensated for the efforts that they provide in creating a movie or series. I believe that by buying a physical disc, that I am compensating them for their efforts. Paying $5 to $12 a month to a service from which you download a large number of videos does not seem to be fair compensation to me. I have bought the same movies a number of times on VHS, DVD, Bluray and now UHD.
In regard to the DMCA, it has never been tested in court in regard to backing up a disc. In the 90's when people copied vhs tapes, the U.S. supreme court determined that people who copied purchased VHS tapes for backup purposes had a right to make a backup of that tape. That ruling still holds until it is tested in all the courts.
