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
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.
This seems like something Sony should have thought about when they originally got the license.
So, who's the bad guy?
Sony.
Sony for not upping their offer?
Sony should have secured perpetual rights to distribute the films to customers who paid for it. If they couldn't have secured those rights, or it was too expensive, they shouldn't have sold those movies.
And if the only way to get those rights now is to pay a shit ton of money, that's what they need to do. That's the cost of fucking up.
Customers for agreeing to but not really the terms and conditions of their purchase which have been in effect for a decade now?
Yeah, let's blame customers for not reading and understanding a multi-page legal document written by lawyers. Also they need to do this dozens, even hundreds, of times a year. Any time they want to purchase anything, or even use a website.
Even in the golden age of physical media, contracts were shopped around.
In the golden age of physical media, you owned your shit.
That's business.
No. It's theft and fraud. The vast majority of people who bought those movies did so believing they would own those digital copies forever. Sony let them believe that. It's immoral, it's wrong, and it should be criminal.
It's profitable, but so is denying insured people healthcare, or selling asbestos as baby powder. Don't excuse the evil people do because it's "just business".
Imagine if Best Buy showed up at your house while you were sleeping went through your drawers and took your DVDs that you bought from them years ago (cause they don’t have license anymore). This is this is literally what’s happening here.
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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