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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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[–] xantoxis 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Same, and I've already had to do this. Google started revoking things I "bought". When they announced it I immediately went into Google Play, made a list of everything I "bought", and pirated it onto my home media server.

It's mine, and it's on "physical media", which I call an SD drive in a NAS.

I don't need or want optical disks of things--they are subject to rot, more so than my NAS, and they are far far more fragile than the NAS+the backups. They take up space and collect dust. If I wanted cover art, I'd own the art and have it on my wall.

You can truly own things, and you don't have to have plastic covers on a shelf to do that.