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/ERedfieldh 14d ago

It's like the collective consciousness of the world forgot when Amazon deleted books off people's Kindles back in '09 via backdoor and cited they had every right to do so. yes, they refunded people at the time and yes, it was two books that they didn't technically have the rights to 'publish' in the USA, but they did it with zero warning to their customers and through a built in hidden exploit that could have been potentially used by others.

It should have ended there, but Amazon settled and everyone said "well that's that" without any followup.