<story><title>Why Johnny can&apos;t stream: How video copyright went insane</title><url>http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/08/why-johnny-cant-stream-how-video-copyright-went-insane/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>noonespecial</author><text>&lt;i&gt;Storing a permanent copy rather than a buffer just large enough for streaming is a pessimization, not an optimization.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;And there&apos;s my word of the day. Can&apos;t wait to go pessimize me some software systems. Heh. Theses days, it&apos;s practically my job description.</text></comment>
<story><title>Why Johnny can&apos;t stream: How video copyright went insane</title><url>http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/08/why-johnny-cant-stream-how-video-copyright-went-insane/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>johrn</author><text>So what if some company did something similar to Zediva, but with a model where customers &quot;buy&quot; the DVDs and then sell them back to the company when they are done streaming it? Basically use first sale to set up a streaming service where you don&apos;t need to deal with licensing issues.&lt;p&gt;I pay $20/month for access to the servers and infrastructure. I get $10 of that to use as purchasing credit. Movies cost anywhere from $1-$5 depending on popularity, and the company buys them back for some small amount.&lt;p&gt;The company would probably need to have some system in place for dealing with people that actually want the DVD that they &apos;bought&apos;. Maybe something as simple as letting people know that they own the DVD, but the company is not responsible for shipping it to them. If the customer wants to come pick it up at the office, he can feel free to swing by and have someone pull it from the data center for him.</text></comment>