Bandcamp! It lets you download a few different file types.
Not sure about comics and movies, though. I would also like to know the answer to that one.
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Music : Quobuz - buy it, download it, it's yours. Books : ebooks.com - same.
But with Qobuz remember to download your music immediately, or it might disappear! Bandcamp does not suffer from this limitation.
If buying isn't owning pirating isn't stealing.
forgot to say humblebundle.com is the only place i know you and buy and own comics files like pdf and cbz.
some indie publishers sell PDFs of comics, or include them free when you buy the physical copy
In general, buying straight from the publisher or artist gets the best results for all media.
Bandcamp for music
Most DRMed ebook filetypes can be converted to non-DRM ones using Calibre and addons for it. That might cover comics, but I can't confirm as I've never been into digital comics.
Apple's iTunes used to let you pay like 30ยข more to get certain tracks in mp3. Others have mentioned bandcamp. About a decade ago Amazon used to be straight mp3 downloads for purchased tracks, but I'm not sure if that's standard anymore.