How Sony reacts when you think you own a digital copy

This is a single-panel meme using a still from the 1990 Martin Scorsese crime film Goodfellas, featuring the famous scene where Ray Liotta's character Henry Hill laughs hysterically. Overlaid text at the top reads 'HOW SONY REACTS', while text at the bottom reads 'WHEN YOU THOUGHT BUYING A DIGITAL COPY MEANT THAT YOU OWNED IT'. The joke criticizes the digital media sales model, where consumers who pay for digital content only receive a revocable license to access the content rather than permanent ownership, meaning platforms like Sony can remove content from user libraries at any time.

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HOW SONY REACTS

WHEN YOU THOUGHT BUYING A DIGITAL COPY MEANT THAT YOU OWNED IT

Overview

This is a single-panel meme using a still from the 1990 Martin Scorsese crime film Goodfellas, featuring the famous scene where Ray Liotta's character Henry Hill laughs hysterically. Overlaid text at the top reads 'HOW SONY REACTS', while text at the bottom reads 'WHEN YOU THOUGHT BUYING A DIGITAL COPY MEANT THAT YOU OWNED IT'. The joke criticizes the digital media sales model, where consumers who pay for digital content only receive a revocable license to access the content rather than permanent ownership, meaning platforms like Sony can remove content from user libraries at any time.

Origin notes

This meme uses the widely popular 'Goodfellas laughing' reaction meme template, which originates from the 1990 film Goodfellas. It was shared as a post on the Reddit Meme subreddit, distributed via RSS feed with the original title 'You never really own it'. The meme references widespread consumer frustration with Sony's practice of occasionally removing purchased digital content from the PlayStation Store and user libraries, highlighting the difference between digital media ownership and physical media ownership.