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Sony is going to remove certain purchased titles from user libraries (www.playstation.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As always, the paying user has the worst experience. "Purchase" a show, can only watch on a certain console of a certain brand, no transfers, no backups, then it suddenly disappears from the library and nothing can be done.

If media companies insist on draconian DRM, then they should pay for full refunds to their loyal customers when one day they decide to delist that specific show.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm sure they covered this in the terms of service that they know no one ever reads.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In many countries that wont work. The Terms of service need to only include reasonable and expectable clauses, as they are not negotionable.

And "purchase doesnt mean ownership, we take it from you anytime we want" is neither reasonable nor expectable.

Also this should run under criminal fraud imo. The customers were deliberately deceived by the term "purchase" into believing they would be granted ownership.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That argument might fly in the EU, but in the current US political climate? Not so sure. Hopefully they'll keep making laws with actual teeth to drag these multinational corporations to change things that may lower their bottom line