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Comment on PlayStation To Delete A Ton Of TV Shows Users Already Paid For

TonyHawksPoTater@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

This is how most digital media works. You're not buying the media, you're buying a license for the media. Unfortunately, usually there's a clause in the EULA about how the license can be revoked at any time.

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o0joshua0o@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
You’re right, but that is a bullshit system that can easily disenfranchise the customer, and people are right to be upset about it.

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Gigan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Correct. It’s just a lot harder to revoke on physical media.

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- echo64@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  It’s not just harder. It’s impossible. Physical media is yours, and the license to view is not revocable. You do own the media.
  
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  - Damage@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Many games have online DRM, so even if you have them on disk, one day they will stop working.
    
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    echo64@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Only on PC. And pc games don’t really have physical releases. On console this isn’t a thing unless the game requires an online server because it’s a multiplayer game
    
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  - azertyfun@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    (Within the limits of IP laws. In some countries, making a personal backup of a DVD is an illegal act. Breaking DRM to do so may be a separate illegal act, again depending on jurisdiction. Neither is immoral of course, but that doesn’t stop lawmakers and judges from kissing the slimy boots of corporate lobbyists.)
    
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