SONY Deleting Your Paid for movies no compensation
The short version: A creator spotlights Sony yanking 'purchased' movies to show that digital ownership is often just a revocable license — a warning that applies just as much to surveillance infrastructure like license plate readers.
Our Take
Credit to the channel Digital ID, Mass Surveillance and Digital Currency for flagging this one. The headline is about Sony deleting movies people thought they owned, but the real story is the same one we cover every week: when private companies control the infrastructure, "ownership" and "consent" become whatever the terms of service say they are today. You didn't buy a movie. You bought access, revocable at will. That's the same bait-and-switch lurking behind a lot of "public safety" tech.
Flock Safety sells its camera network to police departments the same way — as a tool residents supposedly consent to, installed by elected officials for noble reasons. But once that data exists, who controls it, how long it's kept, and who else gets access to it is almost entirely up to Flock and whichever agencies it partners with, not the public that lives under the cameras. Just like a movie license, the rules can quietly change, and by the time you notice, the thing you thought was yours — your privacy, your freedom of movement — has already been reassigned.
If a corporation can delete a film you paid for without so much as a warning, don't assume the same companies will be transparent or restrained when it comes to tracking your car. Check our camera map to see what's already watching your town, and visit take-action for ways to push back before the terms of service get rewritten on you again.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Digital ID, Mass Surveillance and Digital Currency, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.