What is the legal difference between owning digital and physical media? (lemmy.nz)

submitted 11 months ago by luthis@lemmy.nz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Sony is Sony is about to delete Mythbusters, Naked and Afraid, and tons of other Discovery shows from PlayStation users’ libraries even if they already “purchased” them.

So, if you bought a DVD licensed by Sony, can they now legally enter your house and take your DVD?

Or can Sony have some sort of DRM that prevents the DVD from playing when Sony loses the license agreement?

I'm just trying to reconcile how digital purchases can be subject to license terms changes, while a DVD apparently can't be.

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[-] lankybiker@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

It has done for many years

[-] rikudou 3 points 11 months ago

It hasn't for a while, Netflix pretty much solved piracy. And then everyone copied them and made the market so shitty that piracy is superior again.

[-] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

This is the take that has pushed me back into pirating. The streaming market is just way too saturated these days.

[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Netflix was never better than piracy overall. It was better at two things: immediate access over having to wait for a torrent to finish and not having to store any media yourself. It’s also worse at a number of things, so I’d say at best it was equal overall. Now, it’s much much worse, and piracy has only gotten better.

[-] rikudou 1 points 11 months ago

I mean, you're right, but I'm as well - piracy was declining because Netflix was just easier. And that's what matters.

But yeah, the golden days of Netflix are over (and have been for a while).

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