this post was submitted on 02 Dec 2023
794 points (98.7% liked)

Technology

59569 readers
3665 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots


founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

PlayStation To Delete A Ton Of TV Shows Users Already Paid For::Sony says Mythbusters and more Discovery TV shows are going away whether you bought them or not

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Calling people idiots doesn't make you right, and trying to make a different point doesn't show that you understood the original point—quite the opposite.

The point is that if a company can choose not to honor its legal obligation to consumers who have purchased content from them, then there is no reason for consumers to honor their legal obligation to refrain from accessing the same content outside the system the company has provided—or in this case failed to provide.

Moreover, if the legal system of your country doesn't require everyone to uphold their legal obligations, then why should we allow it to hold us to the obligations it has placed on us?

Now you'll probably write a reply that reply that shows no understanding of the difference between ownership and licensing, or between theft and unauthorized access, but you can't say I didn't try.

[–] lud@lemm.ee -3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The company did honor its legal obligations.

Whenever it's morally right is a different discussion.

I don't care about your point. I just think the constant attempts of justification are really annoying. Like it or not, I will continue to complain about that.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Cool, keep on bootlicking big companies that underpay their workers and overcharge their customers.

[–] lud@lemm.ee -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You guys are really cringe.

Why do you need to constantly justify piracy?

Just do it. I have hundreds of movies on my media server and dozens of series. Yet I don't feel the need to complain and whine about something that doesn't affect me.