If buying is not owning, then piracy is not stealing
this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2026
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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
Buy Blu-ray's and DVD's.
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.
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?
I thought disc rot wasn't a thing anymore with Blu-ray?
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.
Maybe able to get away with it if your not using a PC with AI snitch
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...
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.
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"
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.
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.