PlayStation is erasing 1,318 seasons of Discovery shows from customer libraries
arstechnica.com
The change comes as Warner Bros. tries to add subscribers to Max, Discovery+ apps.

PlayStation is erasing 1,318 seasons of Discovery shows from customer libraries | The change comes as Warner Bros. tries to add subscribers to Max, Discovery+ apps.::The change comes as Warner Bros. tries to add subscribers to Max, Discovery+ apps.

  • AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1215·
    1 year ago

    ripping off people who already paid for the content.

    They didn’t pay for the shows. They paid for access to the shows. That’s all anyone gets these days.

    • merc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      15·
      1 year ago

      They didn’t pay for the shows. They paid for access to the shows.

      And, if they had made that completely clear, there would be less of an issue. If the “Buy” button was replaced with “Rent, Long Term” then maybe people would be less annoyed that their long-term rentals were now being forcibly returned. But, labelling the button “Buy” makes them more money.

      • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
        61·
        1 year ago

        “long term” is still indefinite and therefore unconscionable. “For at least 10 views” or “For at least 5 years” would work.

        Another option would be Sony not entering unconscionable contracts with WB. They can because they’re gigantic and be laughed out of court if they tried to argue that their legal department didn’t spot the issue but their contract should have said that anythnig that gets licensed indeed gets licensed in perpetuity: That is, WB could say “don’t sell any new licenses any more”, but they couldn’t say “all licenses are now invalid, how you fulfil your contracts with your customers maybe buy boxsets”.