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Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever” (arstechnica.com)
submitted 9 months ago by flop_leash_973 to c/technology
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Oh look, Sony revoking more licenses for video content that people "bought".

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[–] Chriswild 125 points 9 months ago

Pirating isn't stealing because it's addition not subtraction. You're creating more of a thing not taking a thing away from someone who had a thing. Actually what Sony is doing here is closer to stealing as people had a thing they purchased and now they don't.