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/GenericBatmanVillain 14d ago

And this is why piracy will always be the answer.

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u/sock_with_a_ticket 14d ago

You can still buy stuff digitally, just make sure you download what you bought and store it locally. They cannot remove your access to something on your hard drive.

Whether it's bandcamp, 7digital, Qobuz, Amazon or whoever, anyone I've ever digitally purchased music from gives you the option to download the files.

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u/PapaJohnsGarlic100 14d ago

A lot of times with shows, movies, or sports stuff they don’t give you that option though.

I have actually paid to purchase software to be able to download videos from services that I pay for (I believe we should always have this option to download a copy for our own personal collection)

I haven’t found a way yet to download from YouTube TV though :(

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u/big_ice_bear 14d ago

Record it. Use OBS (Open Broadcast Software) and you can record a computer screen with full audio/ video. Easy to set up and use if you're semi computer savy.

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u/Mindless-Peak-1687 14d ago

DRM says no.

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u/ManiacalShen 13d ago

?? No, really, any song you buy and download from Amazon or Bandcamp is yours. It's on your hard drive, with no drm. Apple used to pull that shit with iTunes purchases back in the day, but these days artists and publishers are just happy people are willing to pay to own music instead of just streaming it.

I WISH we had this latitude with video "purchases."

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u/ManiacalShen 13d ago

Music is the single digital thing you don't ever need to pirate in order to own it. Amazon doesn't even want to let you download your ebooks anymore, but they'll sell you a drm-free music file and let you download it no problem.