Posted on 07/10/2022 12:49:01 AM PDT by grundle
Buying a movie on a digital platform, apparently doesn't mean you own it.
From August, Sony’s PlayStation users in Germany and Austria will no longer have access to the StudioCanal titles they purchased.
Citing the rise of streaming services, on August 31, 2021, Sony’s PlayStation stopped selling and renting movies and TV shows. At the time, Sony told customers that they could still “access movie and TV content they have purchased through PlayStation Store for on-demand playback on their mobile devices, PS4, and PS5.” It appears the company did not mean the access would be forever.
“As of August 31, 2022, due to our evolving licensing agreements with content providers, you will no longer be able to view your previously purchased StudioCanal content and it will be removed from your video library,” a notice posted on the gaming platform’s website reads. “We greatly appreciate your continued support.”
Sony did not say if users will be refunded for the purchases once the titles are removed, Variety reported.
In Germany, 314 titles will be removed, and 137 in Austria.
The StudioCanal titles that will be removed include both Paddington movies, Shaun the Sheep Movie, Non Stop, and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. The removal also affects a few Lionsgate films including the Saw film series, the John Wick series, and The Hunger Games series.
Evolving license issues. You lose access despite you thinking you bought the content.
Think twice of storing all in the “cloud”....!
Always have a copy at home of your music and movies and tv shows.
Sony Stole My Movies - already has 352 thousand views. Bigger number then most cnn shows : )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huj8ZeHccK4
if you don’t have a copy, you will eventually lose access to it.
Pirating will just increase.
Very true. Amazon prime movie purchased can be taken away and it’s literally in their rules. You don’t really own the movies even if you buy them. Rip off but you hope it won’t happen.
“You’ll own nothing and be happy”
I keep all of my films on a local server and view via Plex. I never trusted the film viewing services such as Netflix or even Amazon.
Beavis and Butt-Head is a real problem due to music licensing. Paramount was suppose to release 200 remastered episodes but still hasn’t done it
I have a very long list Netflix queue of movies to watch, all older and I increasingly find that lots of them are no longer available. Netflix removes the content from their library due to changing license terms or declining demand. A day doesn’t go by when another title doesn’t go “poof” never to be seen again.
Yes. That’s exactly why I set up my own little Plex server. I buy dvds and rip the films into a file. That way I control my own content, mo one else.
Enjoy Digital Ownership And Public Libraries While You Still Can
Which is why I prefer dead tree books abd DVDs.
Most will have moved to other platforms. But still, I have started buying blu-rays of movies I’m sure I want in a permanent library. There aren’t a lot of those, but in addition to buying a couple or three new ones in a year, there is a nice used record/dvd/blu-ray store in the area. I pop in occasionally and will pick stuff up if it’s cheap enough.
That’s cheap insurance as long as dvd/blu-ray players are manufactured. I suppose those will disappear in time, but the technology will probably outlive me. Censorship and cancellation will done through the cloud, and a lot of young people will neither notice nor care.
I always assume digital content is temporary.
If you like Blazing Saddles you better get a dvd copy and keep a working DVD player.
Amazon owned Audible ceased selling individual audiobooks through their Android app from Google Play a couple of weeks ago. This will prevent anyone from buying audio titles individually. However, Audible still sells subscriptions through the app (…)
That isn't Audible restricting access. That is Google demanding their pound of flesh (I've heard 30%) on every purchase through their store. Amazon is saying "Nope, we have our own sales channel so don't need yours" and telling users to purchase directly through their site. I wouldn't be suprised to see it come back after Amazon negotiates a lower pay level.
This is why I buy DVDs and CDs.
Then I own them and nobody can decide for me if I can watch them or not.
Someone should sue them for breach of contract.
“ I keep all of my films on a local server and view via Plex. ”
I’m sure the govt has web crawlers or other agents that can find and destroy any digital content it find offensive or counter-revolutionary. This includes any books, music, movies, and any other digital stuff.
“This is why I buy DVDs and CDs.“
They WILL succumb eventually to bit rot and/or technology sunsets. I don’t have a foolproof solution to this.
DVD players are very cheap these days—buy a couple of spares.
We are getting to be like the old Soviet Union—we cannot assume that there will be replacement components or replacements or any device over the long term.
I purchase content, music and movies (including TV series), from Apple. Most music I have saved is in mp3 format, but Apple’s movies that they sell are in a proprietary format (.m4v). They play on iTunes or the TV app (of course), and also on QuickTime, but they are not as editable (grabbing clips) as they used to be.
All my content is preserved outside of the original file locations.
I have quite a lot of content which Apple could, I suppose, render unusable. What’s the best preservation strategy?
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