Can You keep YouTube movies?

[Angelcuco]

Some YouTube movies are for rent and some are to buy. When you buy a YouTube movie is it yours forever?

[Pad]

Originally Posted by Angelcuco

Some YouTube movies are for rent and some are to buy. When you buy a YouTube movie is it yours forever?

Never heard of renting or buying a YouTube vid. I download YT vids with JDownloader for nothing. Maybe I'm missing something.

[SynchroDub]

Originally Posted by Pad

Never heard of renting or buying a YouTube vid. I download YT vids with JDownloader for nothing. Maybe I'm missing something.

He probably was referring to the new Youtube Premium thing, where you can stream music and movies for a monthly fee.
However, to answer the OP question, yes. They're yours just as regular Google Store Apps you buy. You will always have access to them, and watch them anytime you want, from any device you have, with the Youtube Premium App.
But keep in mind that beside streaming them, you won't be able to download them or make personal copies. Just as you can't download Amazon Prime's movies/TV series.
And even if you can download them, someway, you would have to circumvent/crack the DRM junk off of the files, eventually. And if you're not very tech-savy enough, you will only get frustrated, in the end.
But I already know that these companies always have a backup plan to make the DRM cracking almost impossible, over time. As they DO keep an eye open over torrent trackers and forums.
I personally never bothered with these pay-per-view streaming services, as they're just a ripoff. But I know, by experience, that they're indeed very clever when it comes to make people's lives more harder and confusing, with their DRM tactics.
My suggestion? If you need a movie or a TV series, really, just get them either on physical format (DVD/Blu-Ray) or just torrent them.

[Pad]

Originally Posted by SynchroDub

He probably was referring to the new Youtube Premium thing, where you can stream music and movies for a monthly fee.
However, to answer the OP question, yes. They're yours just as regular Google Store Apps you buy. You will always have access to them, and watch them anytime you want, from any device you have, with the Youtube Premium App.

Ahh!! Didn't realise that was an option.

Originally Posted by SynchroDub

But keep in mind that beside streaming them, you won't be able to download them or make personal copies. Just as you can't download Amazon Prime's movies/TV series.
And even if you can download them, someway, you would have to circumvent/crack the DRM junk off of the files, eventually. And if you're not very tech-savy enough, you will only get frustrated, in the end.
But I already know that these companies always have a backup plan to make the DRM cracking almost impossible, over time. As they DO keep an eye open over torrent trackers and forums.
I personally never bothered with these pay-per-view streaming services, as they're just a ripoff. But I know, by experience, that they're indeed very clever when it comes to make people's lives more harder and confusing, with their DRM tactics.
My suggestion? If you need a movie or a TV series, really, just get them either on physical format (DVD/Blu-Ray) or just torrent them.

I screen record a lot of stuff from DRM protected JAV with Mirillis Action!. It's a bit of a process but the finished results are virtually indistinguishable from the originals. I've also done it with a couple of subscription sites. Funny thing is - it works really well on my Win 7 machine but not so well on my Win 10 machine. Screen records from my Win 10 machine tend to be choppy. Some DRM players will block screen recording on Win 10 (for example RPlayer Plus used to play vids from DMM and R18 JAV sites will block any screen recording attempts). Browser makes a difference as well for screen capture. I've had major problems with Firfox capturing from streaming services. Instead I use Internet Explorer if I want to record streaming vid.

Don't know if it is possible to screen record from YouTube paid streaming services - but you can certainly screen record their regular vids.

[alexora]

Paying for movies on YouTube is a thing, and has nothing to do with YouTube Premium.

I am unsure wether the user who pays to view a movie retains the right over time, and if they are allowed to download it to their HD.

[HiTrack99]

It's Google's weird way of making Play = YouTube Movies...

I have got one video for rental only and when I tried to download it using fellers YouTube downloader I got the error no links available but on ordinary videos it's fine.

[alexora]

Originally Posted by fancyanosh

I have got one video for rental only and when I tried to download it using fellers YouTube downloader I got the error no links available but on ordinary videos it's fine.

YouTube was born in 2005, not yesterday: no way they are going to encode PPV movies in such a way that users can easily download them...

Originally Posted by alexora

YouTube was born in 2005, not yesterday

Well fuck me I never knew that not even since my days as a PC Tech back in 1993

[SynchroDub]

Originally Posted by alexora

YouTube was born in 2005, not yesterday: no way they are going to encode PPV movies in such a way that users can easily download them...

No different than the DRM-crap they pushed with Kindle ebooks, DRMed-WMV Porn downloads downloaded from a legit site you payed your hard-earned cash to (Adul1 B0unc3r was one of these websites), Blu-Ray UV/iTunes Digital Copies or iPhone/iPad apps.
It's always DRM, but with a different face, in the end. No matter what.
You always own absolutely nothing or have any right to do whatever you want with what you purchase digitally.