Comment by temporallobe

Would live to hear an attorney’s opinion on this - why isn’t this considered to be something like “constructive theft” just like constructive abandonment or constructive dismissal? Sony deceived millions of customers by implying that purchasing something meant permanent ownership (as permanent as digital media can be), then through legal trickery and without consent, essentially “took” away their digital property. I wonder if legal concepts such as “constructive larceny” or “theft by conversion” could be applied here, or if this would be considered destruction of property?