That sucks and all, but to be fair this is entirely on you. They sold you a DRM-Free file and you chose to not actually use it and to rely on their servers which you have no control over. This isn’t a “DRM Free” issue.
Personal ownership means you take personal responsibility for it.
It fits the exact thing the comic shows. The comic said DRM free is the solution. I am showing that it is not immune to the same issues that DRM content has.
you chose to not actually use it
my hard drive broke. I had it downloaded and went to go redownload it
Also they advertise the app as streaming.
This isn’t a “DRM Free” issue.
that’s what I was pointing out, that BandCamp has the same issues.
Overall I agree though, it is kinda on me to not have my download backed up.
I have a reminder pop every few months to download the newest games that I bought from GoG. I’ve found it easier to download one or two, rather than a giant batch.
If you buy something DRM free, you must keep an offline copy. They can take away the option to download it, but they can’t prevent you from playing the copy you already downloaded.
On Bandcamp you could have downloaded the files, the song could still be playable and you would still own it.
DRM-free just allows you to download stuff so that if anything changes in the future you still have the original available, anything hosted can be changed at any time in order to stay out of trouble as a site owner. It still sucks that this is happening though
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even IF you buy DRM free items it can still be taken away.
Source: “Sick Boi” by Ren on BandCamp got taken out of my library, should be in the #2 spot
bandcamp (DRM free)
Spotify (not DRM free)
I understand it is a copyright thing (even though the artist did literally nothing wrong) but still! It fits the flowchart in the meme.
That sucks and all, but to be fair this is entirely on you. They sold you a DRM-Free file and you chose to not actually use it and to rely on their servers which you have no control over. This isn’t a “DRM Free” issue.
Personal ownership means you take personal responsibility for it.
It fits the exact thing the comic shows. The comic said DRM free is the solution. I am showing that it is not immune to the same issues that DRM content has.
my hard drive broke. I had it downloaded and went to go redownload it
Also they advertise the app as streaming.
that’s what I was pointing out, that BandCamp has the same issues.
Overall I agree though, it is kinda on me to not have my download backed up.
okay, so… back it up on 2 separate things then.
artists can choose to unpublish a song. that’s their prerogative.
Every day that passes I think more and more that I should have a local backup copy of my whole GOG games collection.
I have a reminder pop every few months to download the newest games that I bought from GoG. I’ve found it easier to download one or two, rather than a giant batch.
And where do you store them? Do you have a NAS? Or a big disk for backups?
I have a big storage server and a couple of backup drives for all my media
If you buy something DRM free, you must keep an offline copy. They can take away the option to download it, but they can’t prevent you from playing the copy you already downloaded.
On Bandcamp you could have downloaded the files, the song could still be playable and you would still own it. DRM-free just allows you to download stuff so that if anything changes in the future you still have the original available, anything hosted can be changed at any time in order to stay out of trouble as a site owner. It still sucks that this is happening though
yeah I get why, it’s just such BS