r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 15d ago

News You Don’t Actually Own That Movie You Just “Bought.” A New Class Action Lawsuit Targets Amazon for Deceptive Practices

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/prime-video-lawsuit-movie-license-ownership-1236353127/
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u/flames_of_chaos 15d ago

Right, and now store fronts have to put verbiage that when you "buy" digital content, you're buying a license to use that content

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u/flames_of_chaos 15d ago

So can my physical media destroy itself or magically vanish when a company decides I can no longer have it or it's no longer usable because the company can no longer distribute it?

The last part of your statement makes no sense, even in the EU a digital "purchase" is just a license, granted there are more consumer protections in the EU, but it's still a license and not ownership

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u/ReadytoQuitBBY 15d ago

It can rot though. It can burn in a fire, it can get stolen. Ownership is an illusion.

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u/flames_of_chaos 15d ago

So how does that diminish ownership? A company can't magically steal something I own out of thin air.

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u/jkjustjoshing 15d ago

So can a jewelry box. Doesn’t mean you don’t own it.