Editing Introduction to a Self Managed Life: a 13 hour & 28 minute presentation by FUTO software (section)

== The Death of Digital Ownership ==

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=== Sony &amp; Discovery’s Content Removal Scam ===

Sony &amp; discovery tried to [https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/https://www.playstation.com/en-us/legal/psvideocontent/ remove customer content from their libraries AFTER they purchased it]. The word PURCHASE - not rent, was used to describe the transaction.

<blockquote>Discovery Entitlements Affected Titles

As of 31 December 2023, due to our content licensing arrangements with content providers, you will no longer be able to watch any of your previously purchased Discovery content and the content will be removed from your video library.

We sincerely thank you for your continued support.

Thank you,

PlayStation Store
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They might as well be telling you to go gargle their balls.

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=== The Hidden Redefinition of “Purchase” ===

Sony’s claim is that their terms of service were changed to '''''redefine the word “purchase” to mean something new''''' so they could still CLAIM you were “buying” something when you were not. See their [https://web.archive.org/web/20240403115117/https://www.playstation.com/en-us/legal/psn-terms-of-service/ terms of service] below:

<blockquote>'''10.1.''' All intellectual property rights subsisting in PSN Content, including all software, data, services, and other content subsisting in or used in connection with PSN, the Online ID and access to content and hardware used in connection with PSN belong to SIE, its affiliates, and its licensors. Use of the terms “own,” “ownership”, “purchase,” “sale,” “sold,” “sell,” “rent” or “buy” in this Agreement or in connection with PSN Content does not mean or imply any transfer of ownership of any content, data or software or any intellectual property rights from SIE, its affiliates or its licensors to any user or third party.
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<blockquote>'''10.2.''' Except as stated in this Agreement, all Content provided through PSN is licensed on a non-exclusive and revocable basis to you for your personal, private, non-transferable, non-commercial, limited use on a limited number of PlayStation Devices or other devices in the country in which your Account is registered.
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They use the word '''“PURCHASE”''' on their website, but then hide behind this garbage buried into page 21 of their terms of service. The word '''''“PURCHASE”''''' has had a specific meaning since the 14th century, when Oxford English Dictionary defined the word ''“purchase”'' as meaning ''“to acquire in exchange for payment; to buy”'' or ''“obtaining something in exchange for payment in money or an equivalent; buying.”''

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=== A History of Anti-Consumer Behavior ===

Because consumer protection in the United States is a joke, they are allowed to redefine the meaning of a 14th century word to justify taking away your personal property without refunding your money.

If they were honest, they would put this ''“new”'' definition of the word ''“purchase”'' on their front page next to the '''“Add to cart”''' button. '''''They don’t do that.''''' They hide it on page 21 of a legalese terms of service they know damn well you will never read.

They know what it would do to their sales if they said ''“purchase actually means we can take it back from you at any time without refunding you”'' in the same font size they use next to the '''“Add to cart”''' button. They’re not.

This is the same company that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal installed malware &amp; rootkits on people’s computers when they legally paid for content] that expects you to be an honest upstanding citizen who buys content &amp; allows them to take it back.

Right.

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