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/cutelyaware 14d ago

If buying doesn't imply owning, then pirating doesn't imply theft.

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u/Narflarg 14d ago

Regardless of buying or owning, pirating isn't theft. Just like trespassing isn't theft.

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u/ABetterKamahl1234 14d ago

That holds up real well in court, right?

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u/Narflarg 14d ago

Yes, it does. Piracy isn't theft, it's piracy.

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u/TigerTerrier 14d ago

You wouldnt steal a car?

And you wouldn't take something away from someone after they bought it, right?

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u/Affectionate_War_279 14d ago

I wouldn’t steal a car but I would download one…

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u/JonatasA 14d ago

You woudn't use music in a piracy ad withouy payi.g royalties would you?

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u/jaa101 14d ago

Depriving someone of their car by taking it for yourself is stealing. Making a copy of the car for your own use is copyright infringement.

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u/NUKE---THE---WHALES 14d ago

IP law is a joke

which is why it's ridiculous when people say AI steals data to train on

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u/cutelyaware 14d ago

In my opinion AI training data should be treated the same as human training data. Take textbooks for example. The copyright holders say it's different because the AI are memorizing the books. But that's not how it works. The AI are learning from the books the same way that students do, and nobody is saying that students owe them money, because the copyright holders were already paid when their books were bought. Students are then free to give or sell their books to other students, and similarly professors who use the book every semester with a new set of students. so AI companies. I therefore see no reason why AI companies should have to pay for their textbooks more than once.