Re:Playstation keeps reminding us why digital ownership sucks
by izzydata on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @10:07AM
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They use terminology such as "purchase" to intentionally lead you to believe that it is a purchase and not renting. Also when they do make it more obvious that it is a license they make you think it is a perpetual license rather than temporary.
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Re:Playstation keeps reminding us why digital ownership sucks
by robertlagrant on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @10:47AM
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This is similar to buying a DVD. You don't buy the right to the video playing on your TV; only the right to play it on your TV from this exact physical disc. If the disc breaks, you have to buy it again.
Re:Playstation keeps reminding us why digital ownership sucks
by danaris on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @10:56AM
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This has, AFAIK, been ruled not to be the case. You have the right to back up DVDs you legally bought for precisely this reason.
Re:Playstation keeps reminding us why digital ownership sucks
by robertlagrant on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @11:02AM
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Well, that might depend on where you live. But point being that if your backups also break, you don't have the right to watch the thing any more.
Re:Playstation keeps reminding us why digital ownership sucks
by Kwpolska on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @11:42AM
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It is possible for your disk and backups to break, or to be stolen, etc. But it’s just an unfortunate thing that can happen to anything you own. It’s different from the corporation taking away the rights of millions of people just because a licence ran out.
Re:Playstation keeps reminding us why digital ownership sucks
by robertlagrant on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @04:53PM
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That is different. I was making the point that with physical media you don't have an unlimited right to watch forever either.