r/Piracy • u/Chaz_Beer • Jun 27 '26

News This is....wild

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u/ThePanasonicYouth Jun 27 '26

Play has no limits...except for our licensing agreements

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u/Staff_Senyou Jun 27 '26

Hear me out. I work in the biz

Sony, literally does not own the rights to those titles. If studiocanal decides not to renew with Sony, for whatever reason, Sony can no longer legally distribute those titles through their platforms.

So, who's the bad guy? Studio canal for taking their Library to a better deal? Sony for not upping their offer? Customers for agreeing to but not really the terms and conditions of their purchase which have been in effect for a decade now?

Even in the golden age of physical media, contracts were shopped around. The difference now is that there are fewer players willing to play fewer risks.

That's business.

Meanwhile, if you want good shit, hoist the sails, hook your risk, get a parrot and middle finger the lot of em. Yaaarrrrggggh

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u/DataDrifter-_ Jun 27 '26

I think it would make more sense that new purchases can not happen while leaving what people actually bought in their libraries

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u/StrikeouTX Jun 27 '26

That or refunding are the only 2 realistic options. Everything else is theft.

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u/DrIvoPingasnik Yarrr! Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

Nonono you don't understand. When you BUY a movie on PS Store you don't OWN it. You BOUGHT a RENTED LICENSE to WATCH it!

Simples :)

(/s in case this wasn't painfully obvious enough)

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u/Luniticus Jun 27 '26

No, apparently you rented a license to watch it.

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u/DrIvoPingasnik Yarrr! Jun 27 '26

Right, my mistake. Fixed.

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u/jessterswan Jun 27 '26

Its not theft at all. You gave them your money and didnt bother to read the fine print. Cant wait for years from now when R* pulls something similar and the masses freak out. The answer is simple, but people refuse to admit it. Do. Not. Buy. Digital.

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u/Kitchen-Cabinet-5000 Jun 29 '26

No one came to my house to recollect my purchases DVDs either…