2mo ago

You Don’t Actually Own That Movie You Just “Bought.” A New Class Action Lawsuit Targets Amazon

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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2mo ago

Amazon Sued By Users Over Movie, TV Show Purchases Involving Licenses

www.hollywoodreporter.com /business/business-news/prime-video-lawsuit-movie-license-ownership-1236353127/

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Guess I'll stop buying then. years ago
- It's only logical. How much of that money was going to creators of content I enjoyed anyway? Better to support them directly
Yay piracy!
Interestingly, I do somehow own the movie I didn't buy.
Oh hey look everybody, streaming is bullshit, just like every other XYZ-as-a-service.
I subscribe to a few, but I also enjoy owning physical media.
I don't "own" those files I downloaded, but I sure as hell have them anyway.
- Yeah but you want to slow down that behaviour from companies.
  Didn't u notice how torrent sites are being shut down left and right?
  
  Or I've only sped up the behavior since every god damned channel and tech company decided to open their own streaming service. It wasn't a big deal to have a Netflix account and a Crunchyroll account. How many streaming companies are there now?
Sure I do. I buy on disc.
- pushes up glasses technically even with a disc you're only purchasing a license.
  
  My best wishes to anyone trying to enforce it
I may or may not have advocated for the high seas during my lecture today... for comedy sake, of course.
Modern life is a subscription. Detach and be free.
Buy guns. Or obtain them.
It was cheaper for my to buy small soldiers on blueray friday and wait one day than to buy it digity on amazon.
My work uses PerkBox for a few things and I get a pitiful number of "points" to spend on there each month. The monthly stipend doesn't even cover a single paid rental.
I refuse to buy movies on digital platforms. I've seen too many of them come and go over the years. Either I buy on UHD or not at all. I figure that I'll never have a practical use for more resolution than that and my UHD player has never spoken to the internet.
How far are we from the soundtracks to movies changing retroactively like they do for TV shows?
This isn't the first time this has happened. Streaming services have shut down before and people have lost their films. I think there was a lawsuit against Apple because they had to remove a film because the license expired. One guy who paid for that film in his library wasn't happy and sued.

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