It's not theft, because you never owned it. However, the term "Forever" could be considered an "Unfair and Deceptive Trade/Sales Practice". Which most states and the FTC has laws and rules on the ...

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Sony is making an effort to appease customers who will lose their entire Funimation digital libraries when the anime streaming service merges into Crunchyroll. Currently, though, the company’s plan ...

There is no denying the might of Crunchyroll. The streaming service is the go-to home of anime online, and that title was solidified a few years back with Funimation’s help. The latter announced it ...

In summer 2021, the Sony’s Funimation Global Group acquired Crunchyroll for over one billion dollars. At the time, it wasn’t clear what that would mean. We only knew that Funimation sought to create ...

In a recent interview with The Verge, Crunchyroll president Rahul Purini announced the anime streamer is working on a solution for customers who will lose access to their Funimation digital libraries ...

It's been two years since the initial announcement that Funimation would be absorbed into rival animation service Crunchyroll. "When we brought Funimation and Crunchyroll together last year, our top ...

Sony has announced that it’s shutting down Funimation for good effective April 2, 2024, and transitioning members to Crunchyroll. Although the writing has been on the wall for some time, subscribers ...

Subscribers of Funimation were informed by the streaming service for many years that digital copy purchases of content on its website would be available to the buyer "forever." However, a new ...

It may be a good time to be a fan. But it isn’t a particularly good time to be a consumer. More than ever, the notion of “buying” media you love is significantly in question. First, there are ...