Oh for sure. All of this is clearly a situation where the law is slow to catch up.
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skittlebrau@lemmy.world 1 month agoAnother thing to add - these services can’t use the word ‘buy’ because that implies ownership. They should be forced to use a word like ‘rent’.
maegul@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
experbia@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I always thought it should be “unlock”, because that’s more what is happening. they’re not buying it, renting has a connotation of a fixed term ownership time, but unlock describes the action… they’ve had the movie the whole time sitting there, probably in a CDN by your house already, but you’re not allowed to see it until you pony up. it’s locked away.