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Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever” (arstechnica.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (2 children)

So Sony bought the competition, then shut down their own offering...

I understand this sucks from an accessibility perspective, but also, how the FUCK is this not anti competitive?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Money. If you have enough laws, rules, ethics whatever become non issues.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I mean, yeah, agreed, they're not going to actually get any repurcussions, obviously. I meant more, why aren't articles/people mad about it. We all know the laws don't apply to them

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How is this not a contractual violation? If you buy a company, you take on their contracts. You don't get to throw them out the window.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

actually, you typically do. the company you made the contract with doesn't exist anymore.

also a 'forever' contract for 'cloud' (someone else's computer) services is only as good as that other person's computer stays on. anyone who thought that meant more than a few years, or that it would mean after the company stopped existing deserves whatever they get.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I can't wait to tell the big bank that bought the smaller bank holding my mortgage that I don't need to pay them back because the contract is void.