From: gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net   
      
   On 3/18/20 5:19 AM, groovee@cyberdude.com wrote:   
   > How come DOWNLOADABLE movies and music and so on didn't happen,   
   > then?   
      
   They did.  Both legally and illegally.   
      
   I can purchase movies and music for download via iTunes today.   
      
   I've been able to do similar for about 20 years.   
      
   > Why has the world shifted to streaming?   
      
   At the risk of pointing you to a cesspool, "Digital Rights Management".   
      
   Most streaming services require a special player that unlocks the DRM   
   content to be played.  Doing this as a stream means that people   
   (usually) don't have the raw data that is downloaded.  In the rare case   
   that someone is creative, they usually don't have the keys to unlock   
   what they … creatively captured.   
      
      
      
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