Comment by probably_wrong

Someone is doing that right now - there's a proposed class-action lawsuit [1] that reads in part "On its website, Defendant tells consumers the option to ‘buy’ or ‘purchase’ digital copies of these audiovisual works. But when consumers ‘buy’ digital versions of audiovisual works through Amazon’s website, they do not obtain the full bundle of sticks of rights we traditionally think of as owning property. Instead, they receive ‘non-exclusive, nontransferable, non-sublicensable, limited license’ to access the digital audiovisual work, which is maintained at Defendant’s sole discretion".

[1] https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/i-like-plaintiffs-ch...