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Sony deletes more movies from the accounts of people who ‘bought’ them

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Re: Sony deletes more movies from the accounts of people who ‘bought’ them

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Obviously media permanence is the best solution, but in the absence of that we just need laws that say that if the purchase isn’t time limited to something a reasonable user would consider a rental (48hrs? a week?) then companies that withdraw access rights need to refund in full the purchase cost.

Re: Sony deletes more movies from the accounts of people who ‘bought’ them

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Obviously media permanence is the best solution, but in the absence of that we just need laws that say that if the purchase isn’t time limited to something a reasonable user would consider a rental (48hrs? a week?) then companies that withdraw access rights need to refund in full the purchase cost.

Let's add inflation to that. Or charge interest for the loan.

Re: Sony deletes more movies from the accounts of people who ‘bought’ them

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And yet Sony wonders why people pirate their movies. In this case here the owners who had their movies stolen should be able to steal them back.

Sony's recent movies aren't even worth pirating

Madame Web anyone
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