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		iamtedd on Oct 29, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon Argues Users Don't Own Purchased Prime Vide... If I own the physical disc, do I not also own the pits and lands on that disc?

TeMPOraL on Oct 29, 2020 [–]

You do, but the pits and lands carry a colour, "encodes data under copyright protection".

See also, "What Colour are your bits?": https://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/23.

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