[jmclnx]

And yet Sony wonders why people pirate their movies. In this case here the owners who had their movies stolen should be able to steal them back.

[mrweasel]

If you cared enough, I do wonder if you could win in court, if you pirated a movie that you purchased on the PS5, but Sony removed. It would cost you an ungodly amount of money to defend yourself against Sony, and I don't know the exact words of the "license", but it seems like a reasonable action to take.

[Sohcahtoa82]

It'd be a case where the spirit of the law clashes with the letter of the law.

Sony's lawyers would argue about how things are, while your defense has to argue about how things should be.

Which way it goes likely depends on how sympathetic the judge is rather than actual arguments being made.

[cube00]

I wonder if their use of a "buy" button would potentially weaken their case regardless of the language they put in the EULA.

[i_play_stax]

Piracy is not theft.

[esalman]

This.

If I didn't pirate movies and games and Windows and apps when I was young, I probably wouldn't be in a position to pay for multiple streaming and Xbox subscription now.

[joe_mamba]

Sony's recent movies aren't even worth pirating

[s_dev]

Into and Beyond the Spiderverse are flawless movies.

[bluescrn]

The first one was 8 years ago, in the pre-Covid world.

[trencedamp]

Madame Web anyone

[cryo32]

My daughter went to watch that and walked out. To compare, she managed to make it through Cats.

[forgetfreeman]

Jesus. That might be the most succinctly brutal movie review I've ever seen. quietly scratches Madam Web off the to-do list