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You all remember just a few weeks ago when Sony ripped away a bunch of movies and TV shows people “owned”? This ad is on Amazon. You can’t “own” it on Prime. You can just access it until they lose the license. How can they get away with lying like this?

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I wonder if that would hold in court. They could simply use "rent" or "lease" in their ads, but they purposely are trying to mislead to imply permanence.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago

Anything holds in court when you have more money than several small nations combined.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Or "watch". That way they don't have to make it obvious that their customers won't own it but still don't straight up lie.