matrixman124 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 (edited) Due to the content licensing agreement between WB-Discovery and Sony, all WBD videos are being forcibly removed from PlayStation consoles without their end users' consent. WBD has just opened the floodgates for not only a potential class action lawsuit, but also a huge potential surge in piracy. Edited December 3, 2023 by matrixman124 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viperxmns Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 Saw a good twitter post along those lines, 'if paying isn't buying, piracy isn't stealing' 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 It seems like it's probably be a good thing to get a court on the record so consumers actually know what their rights are. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katt_goddess Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 If I purchase something, I own it. Pure and simple. Ripping it out of someone's digital library is no different than robbing someone's house physically. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrixman124 Posted December 3, 2023 Author Share Posted December 3, 2023 36 minutes ago, katt_goddess said: If I purchase something, I own it. Pure and simple. Ripping it out of someone's digital library is no different than robbing someone's house physically. The problem is that companies think they can get away with selling just a license and not the actual videos, if people don't even bother to buy the licenses then it's their fault for being anti-consumer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[classic swim] Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 1 hour ago, matrixman124 said: WBD has just opened the floodgates for not only a potential class action lawsuit, but also a huge potential surge in piracy. Yep, sounds like Warner. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katt_goddess Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 3 hours ago, matrixman124 said: The problem is that companies think they can get away with selling just a license and not the actual videos, if people don't even bother to buy the licenses then it's their fault for being anti-consumer. Whatever product they are selling, they sold it. They shouldn't be able to try to redefine what exactly they sold after the fact and they can't repossess it just because they've decided to cheat on their taxes. This is seriously another reason why I prefer buying physical books and real DVDs/CDs/games on cartridge/disc. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
André Toulon Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 (edited) I'm not going to pretend to know how this actually works, but I mean, I've lost many games just due to support of the game ending. I own games that I just plain cannot play digitally anymore. Shonen jump comes to mind.... My point in even posting is I'm not sure what that long ass legalese shit says when I buy games but I just assume I'm agreeing to the content just disappearing on a whim. EDIT: Jump Force is what it's called...I asked Buddy and he said Shonen Jump but I was kinda sure that was something else Edited December 3, 2023 by André Toulon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrixman124 Posted December 3, 2023 Author Share Posted December 3, 2023 16 minutes ago, André Toulon said: I'm not going to pretend to know how this actually works, but I mean, I've lost many games just due to support of the game ending. I own games that I just plain cannot play digitally anymore. Shonen jump comes to mind.... My point in even posting is I'm not sure what that long ass legalese shit says when I buy games but I just assume I'm agreeing to the content just disappearing on a whim. EDIT: Jump Force is what it's called...I asked Buddy and he said Shonen Jump but I was kinda sure that was something else In that case, it's usually because the games are online only and they shut down the servers. It's also very fucked 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrixman124 Posted December 3, 2023 Author Share Posted December 3, 2023 1 hour ago, katt_goddess said: Whatever product they are selling, they sold it. They shouldn't be able to try to redefine what exactly they sold after the fact and they can't repossess it just because they've decided to cheat on their taxes. This is seriously another reason why I prefer buying physical books and real DVDs/CDs/games on cartridge/disc. I feel like a class action could definitely be filed for this. It feels like this practice had the potential to be anti-consumer but nobody thought they'd be dumb enough to pull the trigger 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katt_goddess Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 1 minute ago, matrixman124 said: I feel like a class action could definitely be filed for this. It feels like this practice had the potential to be anti-consumer but nobody thought they'd be dumb enough to pull the trigger There's always someone somewhere willing to pull the trigger if they think they are going to make money on it, no matter how stupid it is. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
André Toulon Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 1 minute ago, matrixman124 said: In that case, it's usually because the games are online only and they shut down the servers. It's also very fucked Nah it was physical as well, but from what I've read it was licensing issues. So if you have the physical copy, you can still play....alone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pooh4u Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 I hate this model where you pay $ for something you think you own, but in reality just lease it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master-Debater131 Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 "You will own nothing, and you will be happy" 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insipid Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 I've fortunately not had any problems with my kindle . . . yet. It's funny how gen z now thinks kindles are an old fashioned millennial thing. 🙃 Also, this is one reason I greatly prefer GOG over Steam; every single game sold there is DRM-free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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