@navi
> > But it's something that's being steadily eroded in the streaming and digital download age, when companies and a certain kind of Internet commenter/social media poster will pedantically explain to you that you are not buying a thing, you are buying a license to view or use a thing.

Heh journo moment, the pedantry is because there's a difference between buying rights to access (renting) and buying the rights to keep it (owning).
Specially as DRM-free (physical or not) don't mean you get any more rights than usage. Just like how you can buy a paper book and keep it, and not have the rights to sell access or copies.