Why can’t they renew them?
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ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Media rights expiring surely isn’t on them.
omarfw@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
DarkMetatron@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
Well they could, but that would cost them money
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Second point isnt that?
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
What is it then?
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Maybe not, but the fact that customers who thought they purchased a movie are having it stolen from them with the excuse that the license ran out IS their fault, 100%.
Sony chose to advertise items for sale that indicated that their customer was buying the movie, not renting it for the lifetime of the license. From a consumer point of view, it doesn’t matter whose fault the license expired, because Sony is at fault for misleading storefront and advertising. They knew the terms of the license, and chose to advertise the product in ways that were absolutely not in line with what the customer thought they got vs what they actually got.
There is no world in which Sony does not take fault in this. Well, outside of a courtroom anyway, because media owners can do as they want in our current copyright hellscape. In any sane world, this would be seen as the theft it is. In this world, it’s just a Tuesday.
Someone8765210932@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
We aren’t talking about some small indie movie website here. Sony should have never signed a deal that would force them to take away their customers purchased movies if a contract ran out. If that’s not possible either don’t sign any deal at all or only offer rental. Simple, as long as you’re not greedy and make promises you can’t keep.
Now that they apparently have to claw back those purchased movies, the least they could do is to refund everyone their money. If you can rent movies, they could also only refund the difference between renting and buying.