Hmmmm... interesting approach. Is the license "permission" to watch it from sony during the duration of their contract, or do I "own" the movie, but not how it's presented through Sony, in this case.

If it's the latter, copy/rip the media.

A short aside:

I have a fairly large audible account. I noticed about 10 years ago, I still have books in my queue, but I'm unable to download/listen to them. Audible explained the licence to me, told me that it should appear back in my "library" eventually but might take years (and maybe never), but here, have a free "credit" (which is basically, another free book).

Had that happen about 6 times over the last 10 years (the most recent was about a year ago. Each time, I got a credit -- and with the exception of the most recent, the book re-appeared in my library. If the pattern continues, I should have it back in my library within 2 years from when it was removed.

I can live with that.

"an awful lot of DVDs only last a decade or two."

If only there was some way to take the data on a DVD and move it to a computer. Maybe "brute force it". We could use the term "rip"!

Then backups with redundancy would turn a decade or two in to a generation or ten. ...if only...

I still have my Thomas Guides!

...is to not collect the data in the first place.

"chase kids on ebikes across parks and playgrounds."

The problem is they aren't in parks and playgrounds riding their "e-bikes" (they're more electric motorcycle than bicycle). They're on the road with cars and major traffic. I see it, particularly, in more affluent neighborhoods (Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Santa Monica).

And we're not talking about a few... They're everywhere -- particularly after school hours and weekends.

That's great if you already have a friend network ... being able to walk to the bar on the corner isn't the same as flying your flying car 100 miles from some bumblefuck turdhole.

Everyone living in stinking bumblefuck sounds lonely as all fuck ... I want to interact with strangers at random. The spice of life, being outside of existing friend and family bubbles. But, I get it ... Americans are asocials, generally speaking.

"The one size fits all model of education is broken. "

It was broken the moment this method was being pushed. What worked was "One size fits MOST". You direct your resources on educating those who can benefit from the "Most" of the "one size". The ones that this doesn't work with is now a much smaller subset and can be managed with smaller class sizes (in the case of hands on need), special campuses (for behavior issues that would otherwise affect the "fits all" of the hated "one size fits all") and a much smaller pool of administrators necessary to make it all work.

Oh... less administrators. Never mind. Unions will hate it. Just shut up and give them more money.

Assuming he doesn't stroke out first and end up drooling a lot.

Good, can we exile Muck, LeCunt, Scam Altman, and the rest of the AI bros to space along with their data centers?

Or at least do what the EU is doing and regulate it to Hell and back. Clankers out! Carbon power!

Test321 said: "It's their right to call "hate speech" or "fake news" whatever they don't like."

Totally agree with this statement of yours.

From the article:

"...organized efforts to coerce American platforms to punish American viewpoints they oppose".

Calling something "hate speech" is quite different from actually calling on platforms to punish stuff for "whatever they don't like". So, your statement, while I agree with it as it stands doesn't really apply to this article.

I keep cash around to support the gray/privacy economy ... I empathize with undocumented people and fugitives, so I'm doing my part to preserve an anonymous payment system that will allow them to continue to exist in society.

I just generally pay cash, both for the order and for the tip. When I use a CC for the order and tip in cash, I put $0.01 on the POS as a tip, so they can claim to have been stiffed. What tip? Know what I mean?

The point is to starve the military scum long term, so the motherfuckers don't have as much money to acquire new weapons and protective equipment for soldiers (war should be dangerous to those fighting it).