Sony Deletes 551 Movies PlayStation Owners Paid For(reclaimthenet.org)
567 points by bilsbie 21 hours ago | 262 comments
tl;dr: Sony is deleting 551 StudioCanal movies and TV shows (including Terminator 2 and Total Recall) from PlayStation users' libraries on September 1, citing expired licensing agreements, with no mention of refunds for customers who paid full price. The article ties this to a broader trend of eroding digital ownership, pointing to GTA 6's physical release shipping as a download code in a box with no disc, eliminating resale, lending, and offline play.
HN Discussion:
  • Legislation is needed to force 'buy' to mean actual ownership of digital media
  • Piracy is the ethical and practical response to revocable digital purchases
  • Owning physical media or self-hosted copies (NAS, CDs, DVDs) is the only real solution
  • Sony's actions may constitute a form of legal theft or fraud deserving litigation
  • This is a recurring pattern, not a new issue, as prior incidents show