there is also a more personal element to Vhs, tape, records. their time based mediums. if you did someone a tape it took at least as long as the movie or album to do it. digital isn't so not only personal but physical.. if anything digital represents a further step toward a less physical culture. someing not bound by object phyicality.
You need to see Evil dead or some other "video nasty" on vhs they rock. All thats bad about the medium added an authentic quality to those movies. just like a pop or a scratch would on a record. that's nostalgic talk though. I can't imagine watching vhs after blueray & dvd.
I've invested loads of 'effort and time (and) investment,' in loads of stuff that got me no where.
I wish I was Dutch. At least the courts would be on my side.