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Playstation removing previously purchased Discovery content

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Re: Playstation removing previously purchased Discovery content

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> you will no longer be able to watch any of your previously purchased Discovery content and the content will be removed

Content you purchased. Their wording. Not content you rented, not license you paid for.

They are effectively stealing the content you purchased.

Re: Playstation removing previously purchased Discovery content

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post #4

With DRM you never purchase _content_. You only purchase a _license_ to access it. Words do matter. I sense possible legal grounds for reimbursments if it wasn't crystal clear to the layman.

They wrote "previously purchased Discovery content". Should I believe you or Sony's official statement? ;)

Anyway, never buy content you can't crack (make it drm-free) or even better, buy drm-free stuff from the start, but if you really want the best service with the highest quality that has the best portability go ask a pirate, it's been the same since 1600.

Re: Playstation removing previously purchased Discovery content

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post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If the vendors pirate your money, it's only fair you pirate their content.

The problem is that the long nose of the law only points in one direction.

When it comes to piracy the nose of the law isn't very long. Get a good VPN and don't worry about it.

No idea why people want to pay money to be scammed by these media companies who see you as a number in a spreadsheet and nothing more.

Re: Playstation removing previously purchased Discovery content

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post #4

With DRM you never purchase _content_. You only purchase a _license_ to access it. Words do matter. I sense possible legal grounds for reimbursments if it wasn't crystal clear to the layman.

They wrote "previously purchased Discovery content". Should I believe you or Sony's official statement? ;) Anyway, never buy content you can't crack (make it drm-free) or even better, buy drm-free stuff from the start, but if you really want the best service with the highest quality that has the best portability go ask a pirate, it's been the same since 1600.

> They wrote "previously purchased Discovery content". Should I believe you or Sony's official statement? ;)

You should believe that Sony is trying to scam you. :-)

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