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There's no barrier to this once all the patents expire. For cd, just about all the relevant patents have already expired. For dvd video, most of the patents will expire by 2020 or so. (The recordable dvd discs' patents will take slightly longer to expire). For bluray, the earliest many of...

I'm making the distinction between ownership of something that is playable, in comparison to ownership of something which is basically a coaster (ie. DIVX, etc ... or any other disc which is unplayable for whatever reasons). For reasons I don't quite understand, I place a lot more value on cd...

Unless it is causing you imminent legal problems (ie. eviction, divorce, etc ...), then it is only a problem if you consider it to be a problem. ;) Otherwise it is not a problem.

The only scenario where I truly "own" something both theoretically and in a practical sense when it comes to optical discs, would be for the cases of cd and dvd with the caveat that disc players are still available. With most of the dvd-video patents expiring by 2020 or so, in principle anybody...

Especially also books and other forms of information (ie. databases, semi-public documents, etc ...). archive.org and other similar websites already cover a lot of this ground for historical books + documents.

(Pouring more fuel onto the fire). Furthermore, I'm even worse today in this regard. These days I can't even be bothered anymore with searching for an audio cd from my collection to listen to. I just search for the song or album on youtube, and listen to it there. ;)

My HTPC machines are largely inactive and off when I'm not using them to watch Dynasty or something else. They are my older computers which haven't died yet. I mentioned this in another thread on here recently...

I still use a cheapo $50 Sony bluray player for watching bluray discs. I have largely lost any and all interest in ripping bluray discs to the computer for viewing purposes. My computer bluray drives are currently only used for checkly newly purchased bluray discs for manufacturing defects.

The discs sit on the bookshelf collecting dust, after being watched once (or twice). ;)

My HTPCs may very well survive for the rest of my years on this earth, though for very different reasons. The only thing I've been using my HTPC for, is obsessively watching the original Dynasty episodes. For reasons I don't quite understand, the original Dynasty is one of the few shows which...

(More rambling). A year ago or so, the only dvd/bluray titles I was still buying which had a high rewatch value for me, were primarily newer Star Wars movies and some scifi stuff. Otherwise most stuff I only really watched once (or twice). Not much point anymore in buying dvd/blurays of...

This ^ is the primary reason why I have been resisting any and all temptation to jump onto the 4Kbluray bandwagon. (As hard as it is for a person with extreme OCD compulsive collecting/buying habits with cd, dvd, and conventional blurays). Without going into details, ripping 4Kbluray discs to...