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unreasonabro ,

Capitalists make a liar out of the promise of The Internet.

I think we should drag em through the streets four different ways at once over it.

cmysmiaczxotoy ,

In other news, the only thing that has ever axed my library was a stray bolt of lightning

HelloHotel , (edited )

I wasnt so lucky...

The library in a nearby suburb i loved was replaced by a daycare, erm... I ment... place... with books and kids and overly protective adults that stare into your soul if your an "outsider".

Smite6645 ,

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/8bb1ea23-aa4d-48c8-862e-bb4d1e62705e.png

Leate_Wonceslace ,
@Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Aye-aye, Captain! 🫡

smegger ,

I feel more and more justified about piracy every article I read about licensing and stuff just getting taken away after having paid good money for stuff

rottingleaf ,

Especially since they suddenly become not so sure when talking about feeding things under IP to "AIs". It seems that when some process is not too open, like dataset collection, people doing it get used to bending laws they themselves rely on.

Actually this should be leveraged.

One approach - IP is solid, so those big companies championing "AIs" will have to pay royalties for everything produced by an "AI" which had been fed something of that IP. That's just logically a Gordian knot.

Another approach - IP is an artificial concept which is complete bullshit, then "digital piracy" is not a crime, and neither is commercialization of fan works over some IP without paying royalties.

Anything in between would mean that a company has more rights under the law than an individual. Would be a good analogy to cutting that knot IMHO, but a bad outcome.

thorbot ,

Laughs in 64TB Plex server

Phegan ,

Digital ownership is a real issue. We need to ensure we own when we buy, or we should not buy

rottingleaf ,

Well, copyright proponents succeeded in persuading the majority of people that buying something you can't copy or share is still ownership, despite it being against human instincts.

Only instincts matter more, not less, than laws. Because instincts work first.

So in fact they persuaded us that it's normal to own less, rent more, buy a cat in a bag, buy something without any guarantees, buy something with unclear obligations, because everybody around does that and it's socially shameful otherwise.

Which is amusingly similar to what fraudsters do.

So the next stage is the amount of obvious fraud from those big copyright-reliant companies increasing. Good night, sweet prince.

radicalautonomy ,

Yes, I'd like one cat please. No, not that one...the dapper tabby gentleman in the back...yes, that's the one. What's that? No, no thank you, I don't need a bag.

...on second thought, yeah, go ahead and give me the cat in a bag. What's the damage?

InvaderDJ ,

This is nothing new. Buying digital and streaming only versions of media just means you are licensing it. If you care, either break the DRM and reencode, or just pirate it directly.

dejected_warp_core ,

But in addition to offering video streaming, Funimation also dubbed and released anime as physical media, and sometimes those DVDs or Blu-rays would feature a digital code. Subscribers to the Funimation streaming service could add those digital codes to Funimation and then stream the content from the platform.

Okay, I honestly feel bad for anyone not old enough to remember the last few times big media firms pulled this kind of crap. This kind of thing is always a trap, or at best a temporary add-on to the media you purchased. If you buy a DVD or BluRay, anything other than the videos on the medium have a short shelf life. Plus, anything having to do with internet websites are considered disposable by big business*, but doubly so in this kind of scheme.

In the past we've had bolt-on features to media that have aged poorly. 1-800 support numbers for video games. Websites with supplementary media. Executable programs on disk that only work on Windows95 or MacOS 9. Console exclusive content. Extra media on disk in formats like Flash. Heck, there are even old cassettes and LPs that have C64 BASIC programs on them. Downloadable game content through redeemable codes. The end result is less a product value-add and more of a novelty.

Then there's the litany of broken-by-design media, like DivX. And of course, let's not forget about formats that have no modern release and are only viewable on players that haven't been made in a dozen years or more.

Yes, Sony/Funimation should be taken to task for misleading advertising. But we should also be vigilant and look for the warning signs too.

(* - If that makes you uncomfortable about IoT devices, you're paying attention.)

paddirn ,

If what they're doing isn't theft, then digital "piracy" isn't theft either.

reverendsteveii ,

if you can take it from me, I can take it from you. piracy has become a moral imperative to stop valuable art being flushed down the memory hole.

Hawk ,

They only took the digital copy though. Shitty move, but you still have a copy.

wheeldawg ,

Pirating only takes a digital copy, they still have the physical ones.

Hawk ,

I think many didn't read the article. The only way to get a Funimation digital copy was by using a code that came with the physical copy.

Even if they're taking away the digital copy, you still have the physical one.

atrielienz ,

We gonna go after every company that does this because pretty much all of them are.

dangblingus ,

I'm game.

Welt ,

And my axe

atrielienz ,

Everybody seems to say this to me until I tell them that the companies that own the rights they are selling to distributors are also at fault and we should blame both. Then people are like "what? No! Why would we punish Paramount or Fox, or Universal?"

HarkMahlberg ,
@HarkMahlberg@kbin.social avatar

How the tables have turned.

Sony won the case against Universal that allowed people to record TV shows with their VCR. I wonder how they'd feel if I pointed OBS at their streams.

laurelraven ,

Does OBS even work with all the DRM they've put on things? I thought that's the whole point why it's there, to keep people from screen capturing or restreaming videos

owsei ,

It may not work directly, but there's always a way to misdirect it, like a vm!

HarkMahlberg ,
@HarkMahlberg@kbin.social avatar

Probably not without some tinkering, but DRM can always be defeated.

bruhduh ,
@bruhduh@lemmy.world avatar

Android smart TV can use some foss screen capture apps while being undetected by PlayStation, of course there's trouble with sound capture, but since tv is yours, it can be bypassed

Rustmilian ,
@Rustmilian@lemmy.world avatar

Sony should be fined for each unit they delete.

Clbull ,

And with the unrelated rumours of Microsoft potentially leaving the console business and going multiplatform, it begs serious questions.

Do you really want Sony to have a monopoly on console gaming when they can't even respect ownership rights for digital goods?

Kedly ,

Tbf I left the console market a decade ago and haven't really felt like going back. Computers do everything I need in the gaming sphere

OminousOrange ,
@OminousOrange@lemmy.ca avatar

Without extortionate extra fees either. I recently wanted to crossplay Overcooked on my PC with a couple friends on my PS4. "Buy PSPlus for only $100+ to play this game online!" Yeah, fuck off.

Smokeless7048 ,

still think its crazy that online match making is a paid service on consoles.

remember when microsoft tried to do the same with PCs?

zarkanian ,
@zarkanian@sh.itjust.works avatar

Emulate the consoles.

corsicanguppy ,

it begs serious questions.

Nope. It just raises them without beggaring them.

Agrivar ,

I fear we are rapidly approaching (or have already reached) the point where the definition of "begs the question" is going to be changed to include "raises the question," much the same way "literally" now also means "not literally."

I am not pleased by this development, but I was also not consulted.

small44 ,

Do you think a software monopoly by Microsoft is better?

PlexSheep ,
@PlexSheep@feddit.de avatar

What do you mean monopoly? If anything it's a duopoly with Nintendo.

NigelFrobisher ,

I am altering the deal. Pray that I don’t alter it any further.

LarmyOfLone ,

This Deal's Getting Worse All The Time | Robot Chicken - YouTube

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