If buying is not owning, then piracy is not stealing
this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2026
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Piracy is copyright infringement. That's different from larceny.
In no world is piracy ever stealing.
And they say not to pirate, LOL!
I truly feel sorry for everyone affected but it's also important to draw firm conclusions from this happening to oneself.
I've had this happen to me once, bought myself an Album on Amazon Music, back then the Amazon Music App was rather unusable so I just downloaded the MP3, years later I wanted to redownload some of the "worse" songs from this album I had deleted/lost over the years. Gone, the entire thing gone. Still there in my purchase history, unavailable anywhere else. Best part: the album itself was still on Amazon so I could have bought it again.
I drew my conclusion: Never buy with DRM. Always download the files, even if I don't need them.
never support amazon
Thanks to Sony for showing us why digital piracy is necessary and justified.
Buy Blu-ray's and DVD's.
And just to be sure make a digital copy of those so you have at least 2 versions available should either version degrade.
In some jurisdiction bypassing the DRM for strictly personal use is even legal, in those where it's not: if you don't share your private copy can anyone even prove you bypassed it?
Maybe able to get away with it if your not using a PC with AI snitch
or don’t bother with making copies and just pirate a copy later if there’s an issue with the disc.
Runs you the risk of getting caught plus is more work if you need a specific version rather than just a version.
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Yeah, this is why I don't buy digital movies.
No DRM Free download option.
FWIW, I buy digital music all the time, because I can download it, back it up, etc.
... From Goodwill or checking them out from the library right?
How can a company even legally give you a "license to view something" like that without advertising it as "until we randomly decide to take it down. It shouldn't be legal. They should have to say what the contract is for all the things they sell licenses for.
And this is why I pirate without any qualms.
I don't even sail the high seas these days, but objectively it's the morally right thing to do. They're straight-up stealing from people and giving them nothing in return. So please pirate anything and everything Sony!
I'm doing my part.
Sony pulled Linux from the PS3.
They've also pulled similar stuff on phones and other gadgets.
They lost my trust and I won't buy anything from them again.
Same here, ever since this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal
lol yeah I was gonna say I think it was the time they put a fucking virus on my computer
.. and so do I.
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Sony pulled Linux from the PS3.
which was there so Sony could sell their console with a lower tax rate in some countries because it qualified as a "Personal Computer" due to Linux being available, whereas without they would have needed to sell it as "Entertainment Media"
I have a friend that works in the film industry. He's real talented, and has trouble finding work. So sometimes I feel a pang of regret, pirating stuff. Then I see bullshit like this, and it helps me know that I'm doing the right thing. When technofascists get so mad about people being against them, that they turn the internet off, I'll be sitting pretty with my external hard drive stuffed to the brim with all sorts of awesome stuff to watch.
I wasn't planning on torrenting those movies but I think I'll do it now out of spite.
"From September 1, 2026, due to our content licensing agreements, you will no longer be able to access your previously purchased content from Studio Canal, and it will be removed from your video library.
Fuck ~~Thank~~ you,
PlayStation Store"
Fixed it for you.
Didn't they do this once before several years ago? Or maybe that was Amazon. In any case, if you don't own what you pay for, then taking it without paying can't be wrong.
No it still was Sony. At the time they said "sorry won't happen again 😉 " and we all believed them
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If i buy digitial i should reserve the right to download and retain that item in a digital format
Rrrr matey. Thats why all my digital purchases are accompanied by me grabbing a copy I can keep when the Enshitification hits the fan.
SONY, FUCKING SONY!
-Floss
Sony being Sony since at least the 80s
I'm so old I remember when sony was a decent brand
back in the early days of walkmans, you could call 'em up toll-free, say you lost the battery cover or the headphone cable is broke, and they'd send you a replacement. no worries about 'warranty', no cost to you...
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No they didn't. You just need to download an app called qbittorrent, click the search tab, type the movie name then double click the one at the top with the highest number of 'seeders'. Shortly thereafter the movie will be safely on your computer.
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Til Sony had a movie store.
Not surprised. They did this with their other movie app a few years ago, the one that allowed you to download a free digital version of DVDs when you bought the DVD back when streaming was new.
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