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If you want to really own something, buy physical media. Simple as.
Even physical media has DRM.
Stop giving companies money when they abuse you. It’s a vote for more abuse.
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Physical media (one that is left) is encrypted with remotely revokable licenses as well, so not sure what are you implying here.
It's not, WTH are you on about. My old Blu-Rays, will still play in my old Blu-Ray player 50 years from now. Those keys are burned in the DVD and in the player's chip and can't be remotely revoked because they run on physics, not magic.
Blu-Ray has a thing called BD+ on it, which lets content companies run arbitrary native code on your player (among other things). It also lets you update your player's key revocation list for HDCP. So either of these mechanisms could be used to render your old purchased content unplayable.
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Well said. Users pirating content vs the largest companies on earth fucking users in every way they can possibly get away with is a great example of "one death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic".
They don't just fuck users, they fuck their employees as well. How many writers' strikes have there been now? How much of an open secret was Weinstein raping and abusing actresses? I hope the whole system dies, and maybe something better will take its place. I'm sure I won't miss Guardians of the Galaxy XXIV.
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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.
The point is that one side can "legally" do that the other can not (in most countries). It's really not about the technical side of it, but the legal one.
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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.
> Anyway, never buy content you can't crack (make it drm-free) or even better, buy drm-free stuff from the start I agree entirely (in principle), but this isn't an option for certain platforms like the iOS App Store, or download-only games consoles (and I've been burned myself: most notably by EA removing their older games from the iOS App Store: not just them removing the ability to purchase old games, but even for…
I'm 100% on your side with that, artist should be fairly paid, consumer should not be f**'d, it's really that easy ;)
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.
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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. :-)
Your previous purchased and limited license to consume media from our partner Discovery is hereby revoked as we can written in our EULA (you have accepted that with your first setup of our excellent product THE PS5 super-slim) we love our customers and have a great day.