When we went to our seats, the wait staff let us know that despite the fact that the previews were playing, we wouldn’t know until the movie actually started whether we could see the film or not. If it didn’t work, the screen would just turn black. Luckily, the film went through without a hitch.

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[–] ByroTriz@lemmy.ml 255 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The marvels of intellectual property

[–] DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 182 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Remember when they started infecting people's computers with rootkits?

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 75 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I've avoided Sony products as best I can since then. I'm probably not aware of the full suite of Sony-owned brands and companies, but rootkit made it so I haven't had a piece of Sony branded merchandise in almost 20 years.

[–] explodicle@local106.com 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Same here! It's absolutely bonkers to me that everyone was just OK with that.

[–] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

can younplease explain to me what happened. I haven't heard about this one

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal

[–] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago

thanks

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

My wf-xm4 earphones have battery problems and sony won't do any about it. it's a known problem, so I went out and got a sony es receiver, that has a known hissing problem and they won't do anything about it. Maybe ill learn someday.

[–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Oh fuck I’d forgotten about that.

I knew I hated Sony, but I’d totally forgotten about that.

[–] JDubbleu@programming.dev 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Hilariously enough, even at the theater, you'd get a better experience pirating the movie. Y'know, cause you'd ACTUALLY GET TO WATCH THE MOVIE AT ALL. Proving yet again piracy is a service problem.

[–] 2Password2Remember@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

capitalist efficiency at its very best

Death to America

[–] shadow@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Sony is a Japanese corporation

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's 2Password2Remember, they sign off every comment that way. It's surprisingly relevant a lot of the time, though: America has had an almost unrivaled hand in shaping the economic landscape of Japan, from the San Francisco Treaty to the Plaza Accords

[–] booty@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Japan is an American corporation

[–] theblueredditrefugee@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago

You joke, but Japan hasn't even been allowed to have their own military since WWII. They barely are a separate nation.

[–] axont@hexbear.net -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"Death to America" is like our version of "and peace be with you." It's a nice phrase to say at the end of every statement.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

But they seem friendly

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net -1 points 2 years ago

Death to America to you as well