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Re:Sony Deletes 551 Movies PlayStation Owners Paid For by melevittfl on Thursday July 02, 2026 @02:58AM (#48757542)
Of course they could have negotiated that. They didn’t just forget. They choose to not pay whatever additional cost Studio Canal would have wanted for a perpetual license.

Knowing that, they turned around and deceived people into buying something by false representation. Sony are crooks and have been crooks for a long time.

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Re:Sony Deletes 551 Movies PlayStation Owners Paid For by Grombobulous on Thursday July 02, 2026 @08:19AM (#48760315)
I agree with you, but my main speculation is that a perpetual license would not have actually cost extra. It is at least possible that this happened via incompetence rather than malice, especially at a big corporation like Sony.
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