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Sanity Claws

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3. This is truly outrageous
Tue Dec 17, 2013, 01:37 PM
Dec 2013

Did Amazon tell customers told that the purchase was conditional on Disney not pulling the video without warning? If not, then we have the basis of a class action.

As for Disney, they got a royalty payment from the sale of the video. What the fuck is their problem?

Another example of corporations exerting too much power in our lives.

I hope a lawsuit can come from this. Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #1
As I keep explaining to people Kelvin Mace Dec 2013 #4
If I spend $14.99 for a downloaded video, it better damn well be there tomorrow or 50 years from now Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #14
I had read of a woman whose books were deleted from her cloud. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2013 #19
Seriously.. sendero Dec 2013 #36
But, but, but if your house burns down, you'll still have your movies! arcane1 Dec 2013 #54
Consumers only have rights when they exercise them Kelvin Mace Dec 2013 #38
Amazon deleted 8 minutes from the series finale of The Office after I purchased it Shampoobra Dec 2013 #41
I am shocked by your experience dixiegrrrrl Dec 2013 #46
I think the trick is to just use the digital content as a compliment to a physical collection Shampoobra Dec 2013 #47
You are one of the few people I have heard say that here. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2013 #22
Agreed Kelvin Mace Dec 2013 #39
I don't care to slog through Amazon's terms of use, but... Orrex Dec 2013 #32
if you can watch it on your computer you can make a copy of it. end of story. nt msongs Dec 2013 #2
Except that some courts have interpreted that to violate Kelvin Mace Dec 2013 #5
There is almost no way to enforce those provisions of the DMCA al bupp Dec 2013 #16
Exactly. No way I'm going to prison... seattledo Dec 2013 #57
This is truly outrageous Sanity Claws Dec 2013 #3
if you buy something, then give someone else exclusive possession of it... mike_c Dec 2013 #6
I guess the pulling sharp_stick Dec 2013 #7
of course it was Egnever Dec 2013 #23
Note: what Amazon says in that article, and what customers say dixiegrrrrl Dec 2013 #24
The cloud concept is just fine for many things. It is needing more control Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #8
An Addendum To My Previous Reply sharp_stick Dec 2013 #9
Property/ownership isn't a real thing, ZombieHorde Dec 2013 #10
Not "influence" but power. hunter Dec 2013 #18
What's the difference? ZombieHorde Dec 2013 #26
If there's a movie I want, I buy it outright on DVD. hobbit709 Dec 2013 #11
What is this DVD you speak of? JCMach1 Dec 2013 #12
I won't buy stuff any other way. loudsue Dec 2013 #20
Same reason I buy books hobbit709 Dec 2013 #21
CD's and DVDs are volatile... not as bad as a cassette tape, but bad over time JCMach1 Dec 2013 #42
Everything is volatile. Something can screw up magnetic media of any type. hobbit709 Dec 2013 #44
+1 MadrasT Dec 2013 #15
From a website called Torrent Freak? el_bryanto Dec 2013 #13
Heh, progressoid Dec 2013 #29
Despite the silly name SwankyXomb Dec 2013 #34
It's not a matter of a silly name - torrents are regularly used to steal copy written work nt el_bryanto Dec 2013 #35
So is HTTP, FTP, Newsgroups, etc. Humanist_Activist Dec 2013 #50
Great example of needed regulation FreeJoe Dec 2013 #17
totally agree Egnever Dec 2013 #25
This is why... FreeJoe Dec 2013 #28
That is why the big push to streaming dixiegrrrrl Dec 2013 #30
There's a reason it's called a "cloud." Ephemeral; impossible to grasp. WinkyDink Dec 2013 #31
"Regulation" is how this came to be. This is simply the corporate kleptocracy doing some Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #53
That sucks. Give me a disk. Or a thumb drive. Or anything solid that doesn't require MADem Dec 2013 #27
Idiots. Just fucking count the online views as ratings for the Disney channel. Done. AtheistCrusader Dec 2013 #33
Amazon has an "Unbox" player for the PC, where you can download videos you have bought quinnox Dec 2013 #37
Well technically, you don't own movies or music after you buy it. Glassunion Dec 2013 #40
This is an issue with all digital media -- including e-books, kindle, etc. You don't really "own" El_Johns Dec 2013 #43
My family was wondering why the old Monk series we purchased is now "expiring". mmonk Dec 2013 #45
But, but, but, stealing from the artists! Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #48
+1. jsr Dec 2013 #49
I don't buy anything that I can't download onto my local computer and use, DRM-free, the... Humanist_Activist Dec 2013 #51
The Cloud can BITE ME! arcane1 Dec 2013 #52
Protest the digital revolution! Buy Physical! bobclark86 Dec 2013 #55
I tried Amazon free for a month Politicalboi Dec 2013 #56
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