Who the fuck is Jerry?
Comment on Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever”
stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 9 months agoIIRC, though, that wasn’t Sony’s decision - WB yanked the licenses because Jerry wanted those shows to only be on their streaming platform.
So it’s just irony that Sony is doing the same thing now.
frostysauce@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Feathercrown@lemmy.world 9 months ago
CEO of Licensing
stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 9 months ago
An autocorrect typo.
grue@lemmy.world 9 months ago
If they sold the copies, then the licenses for those copies were no longer Sony’s or WB’s to yank.
This shit is no different whatsoever from a store owner breaking into customers’ houses to steal back products they’d bought and paid for to settle a payment dispute with a supplier.
ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
This shit is why I won’t buy anything that doesn’t have a physical copy.
I’m happy to rent stuff through a streaming app as long as it’s clear to everyone involved that’s what it is. But if I ever hit a buy button I would require access to it in perpetuity, the same way as a physical copy. But that’s not how that works, so if something is only available as digital media, and isn’t part of a rental platform, I’m not paying for it, end of.
(This mostly deals with games; I don’t spend money on much other media, but I refuse on principle and will pirate if it’s digital only. If it’s an indie studio I’ll donate directly when I can, but I’m not risking a financial loss like that. I can’t afford the risk.)