• JackbyDev@programming.dev
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    10 hours ago

    How can a company even legally give you a “license to view something” like that without advertising it as "until we randomly decide to take it down. It shouldn’t be legal. They should have to say what the contract is for all the things they sell licenses for.

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    12 hours ago

    I don’t even sail the high seas these days, but objectively it’s the morally right thing to do. They’re straight-up stealing from people and giving them nothing in return. So please pirate anything and everything Sony!

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    10 hours ago

    Didn’t they do this once before several years ago? Or maybe that was Amazon. In any case, if you don’t own what you pay for, then taking it without paying can’t be wrong.

  • bluegreenpurplepink@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    "From September 1, 2026, due to our content licensing agreements, you will no longer be able to access your previously purchased content from Studio Canal, and it will be removed from your video library.

    Fuck Thank you,

    PlayStation Store"

    Fixed it for you.

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    22 hours ago

    I truly feel sorry for everyone affected but it’s also important to draw firm conclusions from this happening to oneself.

    I’ve had this happen to me once, bought myself an Album on Amazon Music, back then the Amazon Music App was rather unusable so I just downloaded the MP3, years later I wanted to redownload some of the “worse” songs from this album I had deleted/lost over the years. Gone, the entire thing gone. Still there in my purchase history, unavailable anywhere else. Best part: the album itself was still on Amazon so I could have bought it again.

    I drew my conclusion: Never buy with DRM. Always download the files, even if I don’t need them.

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    22 hours ago

    Sony pulled Linux from the PS3.

    They’ve also pulled similar stuff on phones and other gadgets.

    They lost my trust and I won’t buy anything from them again.

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    18 hours ago

    If i buy digitial i should reserve the right to download and retain that item in a digital format

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      18 hours ago

      Rrrr matey. Thats why all my digital purchases are accompanied by me grabbing a copy I can keep when the Enshitification hits the fan.

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      21 hours ago

      Yeah, this is why I don’t buy digital movies.

      No DRM Free download option.

      FWIW, I buy digital music all the time, because I can download it, back it up, etc.

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      22 hours ago

      And just to be sure make a digital copy of those so you have at least 2 versions available should either version degrade.

      In some jurisdiction bypassing the DRM for strictly personal use is even legal, in those where it’s not: if you don’t share your private copy can anyone even prove you bypassed it?

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        21 hours ago

        or don’t bother with making copies and just pirate a copy later if there’s an issue with the disc.

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          20 hours ago

          Runs you the risk of getting caught plus is more work if you need a specific version rather than just a version.

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          19 hours ago

          I am not an optical disc expert, but I recall with CDs/DVDs, factory pressed are more resilient whereas burned discs can rot more easily. I believe this still holds true with BR. Furthermore, there are carbon-based BR discs that profess to not exhibit data rot for 1000 years.

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            I just want to say I have 30 year old DVDs that still read just fine, and I’ve had other DVDs that stopped reading after 10 years with no visible damage. Shits a crapshoot.