‘You’ll own nothing and you’ll like it’: Google pulls the Lord of the Rings digital editions from one user’s library, our latest reminder that digital purchases aren’t always forever

A Google user has had the LOTR movies pulled from their account

Licensing changes are the most likely reason

It’s another argument for physical media — or for piracy

We’ve seen multiple incidents over the years where users have had movies and shows in their digital libraries unceremoniously yanked due to changes in licensing rules, but that doesn’t make it any easier to swallow when it happens again.

This time a user posting to Reddit (via Neowin) has had their Lord of the Rings Extended Editions removed, after paying good money for them four years ago. As per a Google support representative, these films are “no longer available in our catalog”.

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