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You Pay For It, We Own It - Sony's $7.9B Lawsuit (youtu.be)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Sony is facing a $7.9 billion lawsuit that could impact over 9 million players. They’ve been accused of deleting purchased movies, TV shows, and games—items customers thought they owned forever.

This lawsuit, filed by consumer advocate Alex Neill, challenges Sony’s alleged abuse of its dominant position, charging high prices and restricting competition on the PlayStation Store.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'd be happy with DRM-free video purchases, but they don't exist like they do for video games, and even video games aren't available DRM-free across the board.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It’s not necessarily cheap or convenient, but building a physical collection of Blu-Rays (or DVDs if quality isn’t priority) is something that can’t be taken away.

Add on a compatible Blu-Ray drive to your computer and you can even rip the digital files yourself. It’s taken me a few years, but now I never have to worry if my favorite movie is available when I want to show a friend. It also makes them easy to loan.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I'd very much prefer to not even have them take up shelf space, but it's the only way that exists to actually own a copy of a movie or TV show. I have ripped a number of them, but if someone made the GOG for movies, I'd move all of my purchases over there.