That happens here in America all the time. Media Companies negotiate contracts to Streaming and cable services. When those contracts need to be renewed and the MC's want more money, there is a pause in the programming in question until a deal is reached. This is similar enough and then there are law changes, etc that can interfere.
Customers should get a direct license that can not expire or be required to actually pay for a 10years lease, openly stated 10year lease. The big deal is the fraud of buying the product and not owning it. What a shame for Sony to fail in such way.
Absolutely, but it would also be very dangerous. I'd advocate for a reimbursement that's not destructive to the "owners of the products" or the sony.
But certainly the people who knew about this and we ahead with the deal anyway have to get held liable in court. Evil actors do evil stuff, I don't want them to just get away with it.
I imagine myself brokering such a deal. It would be obvious to me that if the parties involved are not forced to have a deterministic negotiation, it'll be the costumers who gets robbed. That means somebody said, 'fuck them and go for the bigger deal'. Those people have names and somebody had to sign the new agreements. Evil.
This is similar to what Apple did to Bruce Willis during the early days if the iTunes era. He thought the music he paid for was his, so he wanted to bequeath his collection. Apple said he didn't buy music, only the right to access it.
This is why it's still worth it to purchase music and movies which come on physical media. It's also why books in print have their place even in the world of e-books.
Printed books, DVD movies, CD (or vinyl) music albums-- all are worth having even if we consume text/audio/video content digitally. Clouds can break, so when rain falls clouds disappear; not so with physical media.
That happens here in America all the time. Media Companies negotiate contracts to Streaming and cable services. When those contracts need to be renewed and the MC's want more money, there is a pause in the programming in question until a deal is reached. This is similar enough and then there are law changes, etc that can interfere.
Customers should get a direct license that can not expire or be required to actually pay for a 10years lease, openly stated 10year lease. The big deal is the fraud of buying the product and not owning it. What a shame for Sony to fail in such way.
Hopefully those whom have paid for this service are reimbursed, which would be fair.
Absolutely, but it would also be very dangerous. I'd advocate for a reimbursement that's not destructive to the "owners of the products" or the sony.
But certainly the people who knew about this and we ahead with the deal anyway have to get held liable in court. Evil actors do evil stuff, I don't want them to just get away with it.
If they broke the law, certainly. I don't think that's the case, but they should have a chance to rectify the situation as best they can first.
I imagine myself brokering such a deal. It would be obvious to me that if the parties involved are not forced to have a deterministic negotiation, it'll be the costumers who gets robbed. That means somebody said, 'fuck them and go for the bigger deal'. Those people have names and somebody had to sign the new agreements. Evil.
Aren't we usually the ones who get left holding the bag? I get you, it sucks if you expect something that's promised and it's taken away.
This is similar to what Apple did to Bruce Willis during the early days if the iTunes era. He thought the music he paid for was his, so he wanted to bequeath his collection. Apple said he didn't buy music, only the right to access it.
Wild! Terms of Service really matter.
This is why it's still worth it to purchase music and movies which come on physical media. It's also why books in print have their place even in the world of e-books.
I love to have printed books, even if most of my consumption is actually audibooks.
Printed books, DVD movies, CD (or vinyl) music albums-- all are worth having even if we consume text/audio/video content digitally. Clouds can break, so when rain falls clouds disappear; not so with physical media.
True True, I remember the laws in the early 90s Germany. We were allowed to make backups of Tapes and CDs for private storage.