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My wife "purchased" a French movie on Amazon Prime Movies à few years ago (because it was pretty much the only way she could acquire it without piracy) Recentl
by abustamam 5y ago
My wife "purchased" a French movie on Amazon Prime Movies à few years ago (because it was pretty much the only way she could acquire it without piracy)
Recently she tried to watch it and Amazon just had "you can't access this content." Maybe Amazon didn't renew the license with publisher, maybe not, but in any case, Amazon really proved to me that no, we do not own digital content.
So, I pirated it for her. If doing things the "right/legal way" is going to screw us over because of fine print, then why bother?
- boibombeiro 5y agoIn some countries "piracy" of itens you own is a gray area, because in the past you could make copies of medias, such tapes, as backup.
- dredmorbius 5y agoObXkcd: https://xkcd.com/488/ https://xkcd.com/488/
- Hokusai 5y ago> Amazon really proved to me that no, we do not own digital content. Amazon does not make laws. If a thieve steals your car that does not prove that you don't own the car. The car ownership is still yours, but it has been stolen. Would you download a car? advertisement has gone all the way around and now big companies are just stealing our property.
- cik2e 5y agoThis reminded me of pirating a Game of Thrones episode when I was a customer of HBO. My wife and I signed up for HBO max to watch the final season as it was airing. The quality turned out to be pathetically poor. During the Battle of Winterfell episode, the pixelation was serious enough to make the action difficult to make out. I went ahead and torrented the episode the next day to rewatch it in all of its intended glory. Then a few days later, I got a letter from my ISP telling me that HBO was very upset with me and threatening to cut off my service. I felt compelled to send them a reply, explaining the situation and telling them to eat it.