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You Pay For It, We Own It - Sony's $7.9B Lawsuit (youtu.be)
submitted 16 hours ago by Rider@eviltoast.org to c/games@lemmy.world
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Sony is facing a $7.9 billion lawsuit that could impact over 9 million players. They’ve been accused of deleting purchased movies, TV shows, and games—items customers thought they owned forever.

This lawsuit, filed by consumer advocate Alex Neill, challenges Sony’s alleged abuse of its dominant position, charging high prices and restricting competition on the PlayStation Store.

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[–] Shapillon@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Well, there's also the concept of intellectual property though.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

There shouldn't be.

[–] Shapillon@lemmy.world 1 points 16 minutes ago

I fully agree with you on that.

Otoh our current law systems don't.