Whoa there!

Google was also perceived to be big enough to sustain their licensing schemes for the foreseeable future, but people who purchased videos from Google Video under the "download to own" scheme had their DRM turned off and their access terminated.

Sure, the lusers eventually received a refund, but they still lost access to the DRM-videos they had paid to "own".

"Google Ends Paid Google Videos"
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-08-11-n74.html

In the end, Google "backed down" and reluctantly allowed people to keep playing the videos they'd purchased for an extra six months.

Here's Google's belated apology:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/...-feedback.html

Yahoo and Microsoft have done similar things to loyal customers. Maybe Apple hasn't done it yet, but it's not because they're "big enough".

Regards,
Roger