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by jmclnx 4 hours ago
Off to small claims court people should go. Amazon tried something similar and got in trouble because people when after them.

And people wonder why some people sail the high seas.

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I believe you’d lose in small claims court as all of the streaming companies make it clear you’re purchasing a revokable license.
Wow, "purchasing a revokable license" is an insane concept. Purchase of something revokable in general feels like... not purchasing? If there was a definite time bound that's one thing, but imagine if I sell a revokable license and then revoke it a week later -- it seems like that would be allowed?

I don't mean to disagree with you, and I have basically no expertise in this area, just shocked by the whole thing.

Would likely win in the UK as we have an unfair terms regulation, a small claims court could easily rule it an unfair as any reasonable consumer would assume they were purchasing the movie to watch whenever they want to.
No, that is not what the plain meaning of “purchase” is.