Oh look, Sony revoking more licenses for video content that people “bought”.

  • Sanctus@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Its barely the second month of the year and these companies are nose diving to the fucking bottom.

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        9 months ago

        IIRC, though, that wasn’t Sony’s decision - WB yanked the licenses because they wanted those shows to only be on their streaming platform.

        So it’s just irony that Sony is doing the same thing now.

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          Once they sold the copies, then the licenses for those copies were no longer Sony’s or WB’s to yank.

          This shit is no different whatsoever from a store owner breaking into customers’ houses to steal back products they’d bought and paid for to settle a payment dispute with a supplier.

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            This shit is why I won’t buy anything that doesn’t have a physical copy.

            I’m happy to rent stuff through a streaming app as long as it’s clear to everyone involved that’s what it is. But if I ever hit a buy button I would require access to it in perpetuity, the same way as a physical copy. But that’s not how that works, so if something is only available as digital media, and isn’t part of a rental platform, I’m not paying for it, end of.

            (This mostly deals with games; I don’t spend money on much other media, but I refuse on principle and will pirate if it’s digital only. If it’s an indie studio I’ll donate directly when I can, but I’m not risking a financial loss like that. I can’t afford the risk.)