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You all remember just a few weeks ago when Sony ripped away a bunch of movies and TV shows people “owned”? This ad is on Amazon. You can’t “own” it on Prime. You can just access it until they lose the license. How can they get away with lying like this?

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[–] takeda@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if that would hold in court. They could simply use "rent" or "lease" in their ads, but they purposely are trying to mislead to imply permanence.

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The people who can afford to fight this kind of court case have no interest in doing so.

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

We should start a gofundme then to get the funds needed to afford such a fight. Id throw in 100$. Might take a few thousands of me, and a lot of time, but it should start somewhere.

[–] iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 7 months ago

Or join the EFF which already does great work in this area. They don't always succeed, but I doubt a GoFundMe could do better.

[–] menemen@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Don't you have customer protection NGOs in the USA?

[–] Arcane_Trixster@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

We have corporate protections in the USA.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I can't believe you were able to ask that with a straight face