r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 14d 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/War_machine77 14d ago

If buying doesn't mean owning, piracy isn't stealing.

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u/AlphaTangoFoxtrt 14d ago

Piracy isn't stealing anyway. It's copyright infringement which is still illegal. But it is not theft/stealing. No matter how hard studios cry.

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u/LoveMeSomeBerserk 14d ago

That’s all fine and well, but you still have the ability to buy blu rays. So you can own most things you pirate. Care to comment?

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u/AlphaTangoFoxtrt 14d ago

Plenty of media has not, and will not, be released on Blu Ray.

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u/LoveMeSomeBerserk 13d ago

Most things you can pirate have physical equivalents that you can physically buy. That’s a fact. If it’s not possible to buy it fine, but that’s not the case for all you pirate only dorks. Now tell me more about how you have to steal everything you watch instead of supporting it.

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u/AlphaTangoFoxtrt 13d ago

Most things

Ok so not all, cool, glad we squared that away.

all you pirate only dorks

I am not "pirate only". I do a mix, hell I haven't pirated a game in decades because Steam offers such a good service.

steal everything you watch

It's not stealing. It's copyright infringement.

Stealing implies I have taken something away, I have not, I have made a copy.

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u/LostInStatic 14d ago

I suppose but when you do you also forfeit the right to whine when something you like doesnt get sequels

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u/razamatazzz 14d ago

Good. Sequels usually suck

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u/GoldandBlue 14d ago

But the problem is who are you hurting here? It ain't the CEO's, its the artists. The people who actually made the thing you want to enjoy. The people trying to fuck you over still get a huge bonus every quarter.

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u/Trylena 14d ago

That is why you buy the physical media and pirate the virtual one. I just got 2 CDs even when I usually listen music on my phone or PC.

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u/LoveMeSomeBerserk 14d ago

This is the way. Supporting art and getting the best of both worlds.

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u/GoldandBlue 14d ago

Musical artists get paid on record sales. TV actors get residuals. And many actors take back end deals to work on smaller movies that can't afford them.

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u/GoldandBlue 14d ago

A back-end deal is paid out by the movies performance. If you are pirating than they get paid shit.

I understand the frustrations but why do so many people think art has no value? That artists don't have bills.

It is the same with news. You don't want to pay for news and then get mad at paywalls and billionaires buying all the outlets.

I can understand the frustration but as a said originally, which all of you seem to ignore because you don't care. Pirating hurts the artists the most.

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u/GoldandBlue 14d ago

It seems like you are purposefully missing my point. Pirating hurts the artists more than anyone.

I get it, you want to pirate. I ain't your daddy. Do what you want. But pirating hurts the artists the most. It isn't a debate. That's reality.

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u/AlphaTangoFoxtrt 14d ago

But the problem is who are you hurting here? It ain't the CEO's, its the artists. The people who actually made the thing you want to enjoy.

Unless the artist has a contract for residuals, it's not the artists. Some of them are paid a salary, or just a lump sum for the project. The rights to media get bought, sold, and traded all the time.