Technology

If you can’t own digital copies since they’re not property, then piracy isn’t theft.

They just want us to pirate everything right? Like, that is the only logical response to this.

This isn't really Sony's fault. Discovery (who owns all these shows) are pulling them. Discovery sold them to people via the Playstation network. They sold them there and took your money. Now they want you to sign up to HBOMax to watch their dumb weak ass garbage.

this is an ad for piracy, right?

This seems illegal unless Sony reimburses everyone for the removed content.

If you don't own it when paying for it then you aren't stealing it when pirating it.

Amazon does the same thing. You don't own digital content you pay for, you're renting it.

I stopped piraring when I graduated college and streaming started to be wonderful. It is now a bleak hellscape that is more expensive than ever. Time to buy 20tb of hard drives and install Jellyfin I guess :(

People this doesn't affect are pirates. People who get to enjoy their media without worry are pirates. When pirates are getting the better experience and it's customers who are getting affected what incentive is there to not pirate other than personal morals. Because it sure isn't for a better product.

"Buying" media with drm is a mistake.

I buy books from audible sometimes, but I immediately rip the drm out. Use Plex to store your movies and TV shows, it does music ok too now.

NOT OK

Looks like enshittification of the internet is really kicking in. Decentralized platforms, and piracy needs to be the new normal

This is why I buy the physical copies of shows/movies I like and just pirate the rest

Dont trust these guys to not screw you over

I’ve pretty much switched to streaming and paying for content. This makes me question that decision. This just makes the pirates look right.

What service do you use that lets you pay for and download the media files in that way?

The only one I know of is Bandcamp that lets you download the mp3s after you buy the album.

This is why we must protect physical media.

I wonder if the studios understand how much they are going to be shaking confidence in digital purchases by doing this. I know I'm going to think twice before I pay money for another digital copy of a movie or TV show.

Then shocked pikachu face when everybody goes back to the high seas.

Remember, kids: When you pirate a show, you're intentionally abusing the cast and crew by withholding revenue from them! (Even though the majority of them do not make royalties from it and even those that do make peanuts compared to how much money the publisher just pockets.)

But also remember, kids: When the publisher decides to strip you of a show that you paid their explicitly specified "forever price" for, that's 100% their right and they would never do anything without the complete and uncritical backing of the people who made the show. And if you have any negative thoughts about that, you're also intentionally abusing the cast and crew by wanting to watch it when they have clearly spoken through the publisher that they definitely never want you to watch them again, and their only wish is that their media legacy will be erased from people's access at the drop of the corporate hat.

It's all about creators here at our humble multi billion dollar publishing company and digital rights brokerage!

At least when Microsoft was pulling the plug on their music streaming service, they gave everyone the ability to just download all of the songs that you owned.

So pirate the shows. Easy peasy.

This is why I only watch my VHS copy of Space Camp. Do you really own your media if you didn’t get Space Camp out of the 99¢ bin following the Challenger crash when movies about launching kids into space were on sale?

Classic sony move. Remember Linux in ps2...

“Is there a way I can save this content?” asked one panicked PlayStation user on Reddit. “I use PS4...But I have bought many seasons of shows such as Dual Survival that I do not wish to lose. I was actually under the impression since I owned it, I wouldn’t ever lose it…”

Lol