[Swordmaker]

No, despite what you may have read on social media, Apple is NOT deleting your purchase movies in iTunes, it's just more FAKE NEWS based on one user's experience when he moved from one part of the world to another where the movie licensing was different that where he had lived before. . . and unforgiving laws. . . —PING!

Apple is NOT Deleting User's Purchased Movies Ping!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

[roadcat]

Downloading a digital purchase means you have the movie and it won’t disappear from your library. If iTunes checks the license when you play it, however, you may still be locked out from watching.

I've had my share of problems with iTunes, all related to licensing. Don't get me wrong, I like iTunes and the convenience of digital items stored on the computer hard drives versus hunting for DVDs or VHS tapes.

I have digital movies stored on external hard drives. Sometimes my computer won't play them, with an iTunes message that my computer is not authorized to play them. Particularly a problem with rented movies that will expire regardless of not having been watched. I contacted Apple several times and they couldn't fix the problem, and gave me credit for rentals. Never mind that I purchased or rented them on the same computer, I deauthorized and reauthorized same computer, etc.

Frustration ended when I got "TunesKit for Mac". Plus I back them up to a separate hard drive.

[jiggyboy]

da Silva had recently moved from Australia to Canada (via CNET). He purchased the movies in Australia, and it seems the had different licensing terms in Canada. ... Since da Silva was trying to stream movies he bought in Australia while in Canada, they were blocked.

This is not a rebuttal to his point, that he paid for movies and now he can't watch them. It might be an explanation; it certainly is not a rebuttal.

[minnesota_bound]

Earthlink internet service provider had a music offer that let you “buy” the music BUT if you stopped paying for Earthlink service then “your music” did not open in any other player but Earthlink and stopped working when you cut the service.

They went from 5 million customers to out of business with stunts like that.