Next month Sony will remove hundreds of purchased movies and shows from user libraries

[0dium]

Steam may pull out your games soon too, all you Steam hardcore supporters. Stay tuned.

How I missed the days of physical games in floppies and CDs in boxes complete with manuals and paraphernalia. At least you can touch and feel them whenever you want, and they are always with you. Physically. Offline. All the time.

Ah yes. Also games were sold in those cool big boxes. I miss them

 

[paul1122]

This just means one of Sony's 2 DVD players on their server just went out, and the other ones acting up.

 

[VaRmeNsI]

AFAIK, it is not the movie that is 'not available' BUT the *licence* to play that movie...
Have you ever tried to play a 'stored' movie when you cannot get a TV signal? (heavy weather, so no signal on satellite) it cannot verify the license, so cannot play it..

License?

 

[scotts35]

Way back in the PS3 Era, Sony had PlayStation Home. It was technically Free, but if you wanted to do anything but just walk around, you had to buy items - a virtual apartment, furniture, clothes, etc - all cost money. When they ended the atform and shut down the servers, they initially used the fine-print of the User Agreement to prevent users from requesting refunds, but they still got hit with a class action lawsuit and settled before the trial started. Granted, the settlement did not cover all funds spent, but compensation was made to anyone who spent money and submitted a request to the class settlement fund.

The point is, they might try to hide behind the extremely long, confusing UA, but as history has shown, that in itself is not a guaranteed. Either way, it will be interesting to see how it all unfolds.

And, in regards to everyone saying DVDs and BluRays mean you forever own that movie - do a bit of research. Disc's have a shelf life (10 years for DVD and 25 years for BluRay). That doesn't mean they stop working, but the data degrades over time, and the more you use them, the faster it degrades. That is why the move to digital and streaming initiall took off so quickly - while not perfect, there was no fear of the data degrading over time. And, once people start recognizing all the downfalls with the current digital streaming services, (not actually owning anything despite purchasing it, how companies can remove access rights at anytime without notice, corporate instability, and so on) there will be a push for a new service to replace it. It is a sad truth of the Technology and Information Age - Nothing is secure.

 

[WhoCaresAnymore]

I only *cough* copy my movies onto Archival grade DVD and BluRay.

 

[wiak]

No wonder why people pirate lolz

 

[comnut]

I only *cough* copy my movies onto Archival grade DVD and BluRay.

ever hear of 'M disc' ??

 

[WhoCaresAnymore]

ever hear of 'M disc' ??

I never heard of it. thanks for the comment. Looked it up. Here it is for others that haven't heard of it.

What is M-DISC drive?
About M-Disc (Millenniata Disc) It is a specific type of DVD. It is excellent for archiving precious digital data such as family histories and photo albums. It can hold files of any type & can be an exact copy of a pre-existing DVD. M-Disc can be read on any computer which can read a DVD.

 

[comnut]

No wonder why people pirate lolz

the main problem with old (shop bought) DVDs it the 'not forward-able' content...
and the old menu system sometimes does not work! - the only way get it working is to copy it!!! :O :O

 

[comnut]

Erm no, not 'DVD' but 'optical disc'..
you can buy a writer for £130, that will write up to 100Gig discs...
search 'Archgon Style external 4K-UHD reader Blu-ray writer (reader)' :E

Bluray XL (4 layer) will do 100Gb, cheaper than M-disc, but...


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