There may be no more despicable scam in home entertainment right now than the "buy" option on digital movies offered by streamers like Amazon Prime Video, Google Play, and longtime offender Apple TV+. When you buy a good outright, it is yours in perpetuity unless you decide to sell it. This is settled law and, really, should go without saying. But the advent of digital ownership has thrown a spanner into the works, and now consumers, who have discovered that their media purchase can get yoinked from their account at any time, are fighting back in the courts.

On August 22, 2025, Lisa Reingold filed a potential class action lawsuit in federal court against Amazon (via The Hollywood Reporter ), alleging that the company misled her when she bought Nickelodeon's cheerleader-turned-quarterb

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