Sony says Mythbusters and more Discovery TV shows are going away whether you bought them or not
  • ares35@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    there will be a high-profile class action lawsuit, lawyers will get paid. those that ‘bought’ content that got deleted will get a $10 voucher for more digital content.

    • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      When it comes to lawsuits, companies just look at it from a economic perspective.

      How much will it cost to do nothing

      How much will it cost to do something and pay for the change and pay off customers as little as possible.

      They don’t care about what is right or wrong, what is moral and what is not, what laws to follow and what laws to break … all they care about is either saving money or making money.

      If they could justify crushing hundreds of little puppies because it could save money for the company … they’d do it and launch a marketing campaign to tell us all that it is acceptable.

  • TonyHawksPoTater@kbin.social
    2·
    11 months 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.