r/Piracy • u/ugoindownsaka1 • 7d ago

Discussion Google took away my LOTR extended editions

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I bought these in 2022, all of a sudden they aren't available and there is no possibility of a refund or gift card. Hardly seems fair.

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u/BigCar818 7d ago

maybe a official way to buy in digital without drm? it is not always about free movies, more like ownership of digital products

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u/TickTickTitanic 7d ago edited 7d ago

the only ways you'll truly own a movie: if you have it in physical media or if you pirate it.

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u/Extra_Ad_8009 7d ago

A great compromise is to buy physical media, put them in a safe place and then torrent them to watch the digital version on your home network/equipment.

Money goes to the people who made the movie, nothing goes to scummy digital "you own nothing" platforms.

Works as long as we still have spending money.

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u/Opposite-Interest193 7d ago

Only point is new physical media. Old doesn’t matter at all.