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You all remember just a few weeks ago when Sony ripped away a bunch of movies and TV shows people “owned”? This ad is on Amazon. You can’t “own” it on Prime. You can just access it until they lose the license. How can they get away with lying like this?

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[–] miss_brainfarts@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Downloading stuff like this for personal use is in fact perfectly legal in many countries

[–] Paddzr@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

If only they allowed you to do it easily...

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 points 9 months ago

Well it is easy.

It's just they don't allow it.

One out of two ain't bad.

[–] Kamari@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Laughs in screen record

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Even if you don't pay for it?

[–] ours@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

In Switzerland it technically is legal. Only hosting for others is illegal.

Depends on the country

[–] Kamari@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

They said buy, which means paying.

[–] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 9 months ago

In some countries making a private copy isn't legal if copy protections are in place. Even if those copy protections are useless.