If you "buy" a digital movie on Amazon, but Amazon removes the movie from its library when Amazon's license expires, did you really buy it?
#Amazon faces a false advertising class action about this issue, and today, it lost its motion to dismiss the case.
(PDF URL)
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.308702/gov.uscourts.wawd.308702.83.0.pdf
#Apple's iTunes Store does the same thing, and they're facing a similar class action:
(PDF URL)
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nywd.138620/gov.uscourts.nywd.138620.30.0.pdf
@ecksmc: No, we didn't. No reasonable person could have.
@thedisasterautist lol maybe not you or me or most on here
But Loadsa people do - they think hitting that purchase option over rent is them purchasing the thing outright - I mean, people and reading terms and conditions 🤷♂️ cmom now we know that ain't really a thing with majority of people right?
We are the minority
@thedisasterautist personally I only ever rent films from services 48hrs to watch it once started usually only a few quid to rent anyway
Cheaper innit
@ecksmc : Affirmative.
Amazon says people know that "buy" really meant "obtain a limited license," and the Terms of Use clarify anyway.
The court ruled that Amazon's terms may not have been clear enough