Amazon clearly lying about "ownership" on Prime.

If they're saying "own" on their advertisements then they should be required to refund you when they eventually have to take it away. I'm pretty sure "ownership" has a legal definition and it's probably not too ambiguous.
It should at least be considered false advertising if they can't guarantee access permanently.

Did you click on it? Maybe it links to a torrent :D

I used to buy movies on Amazon, assuming it worked like Steam does, where if Steam loses the license to sell it, you still have the ability to play it even if Steam isn't allowed to sell it.

Hell I still have access to the stuff I got back when Steam still sold movies (I honestly miss Steam movies...)

When people started telling me their copies of things they owned were no longer usable once Amazon stopped selling it, I stopped buying.

IF BUYING ISN'T OWNING PIRACY ISN'T STEALING!

I am on the belief that once I buy something, let's say Spiderman No Way Home, on streaming services, I am entitled to download it offline from anywhere for my own Jellyfin.

No one, or even biggest corp, can change my view.

Nobody with enough money has sued... Yet...

I just do the morally correct thing. Buy it, then pirate it so I really do own it forever. Inconvenient from a data storage perspective but the only simple solution I have on hand.

Because they control the FTC and any other regulatory agencies. It's called regulatory capture. The only other way they can be held accountable is through the pay to play court system which is biased towards them because they can drag it out until the other party gives up.

It should be noted that Amazon was among the first to prove that buying isn't owning a few years ago when a book that many people had legally bought was automatically scrubbed feom devices. The title had been removed from the catalog, and any kindle which held it automatically removed it without the users concent, and they were given amazon store credit in return.

Are people really out here buying a media that can only be viewed through an app? If it's not a file that can be downloaded and viewed elsewhere then I'm definitely not going for it... Who am I kidding? The seas have always been the life for me landlubbers!!

When you click "buy" or "purchase" on a video on Amazon Prime, you're not actually coming into ownership of that movie of TV show. Instead, you're merely paying for a limited license for “on-demand viewing over an indefinite period of time", as warned in the very small print on the company's website.

-- GamesRadar

they can get away apparently because of this very small print.

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You just can't see the microscopic "for" in "OWN IT ^for NOW"

So you refund me if you take it away?

this is why i still buy cds and dvds

"I am altering the deal, pray I do not alter it further"

"Own it now!"

No thanks!

Not that I'd actually want to own any DCU movie, but yeah, that's just patently false.

Probably intentional so they can change the definition of "own"

🥸 well you see, you own a digital license to watch the movie so long as we have it available, have you read our terms of agreement--

Agreed that this is scummy marketing, though. The only real way to own media (legally) anymore is through physical copies, and even then maybe there's some provision that makes a DVD illegal due to license shenanigans... but no cop's gonna bust down your door for owning an illegal DVD of Aquaman.

Own the temporary license.

"Feel like you own it NOW"

Out already? Can't be long before Radarr delivers it then.

Oh, and Ferrari.

Does Radarr have to be running at the exact moment a site adds it? I notice it auto downloads some things but not others.

How can they get away with lying like this?

The own* the people who decide what they can get away with.

*as in actually own, not their single-instance redefinition of "own" where it means 'definitely do not own'

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They didn't cut Amber out, I won't be watching it at any price including free.

Wait, you mean I don't actually own Jason Momoa now? What about my kingdom, do I still own that? (It's hard to tell, since it's lost.)

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I feel like an outsider on these debates. I totally agree we should be able to own forever.

In my case I find there is so much new TV and movies I rarely go back to re-watch shows or movies so owning them isn't on my radar. It's a challenge just to watch a whole series I find.

I'm wondering how often do people beyond kids re-watch movies and TV shows? Kids seem to be able to rewatch the same movies several times a day..

When they say "Own it now" they mean own it through Amazon Prime. I don't like it either but legally that is fine.