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‘Digital ownership must be respected’: UK parliament debates Stop Killing Games campaign, but government doesn’t budge (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

You know, I have purchased around 200 games. I have no idea how many of those can be mine because they're linked to a store, maintained (usually) by a corporation hellbent on optimised profits, subject to mandatory updates so I have no choice but to play the way they want me to, and I don't have the space to store them all. I don't feel like any of them are really owned by me (and I know this is true but I reject that notion), not until they're transferred to an offline machine.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 5 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

They're not owned by you. You own a license to use them. Some stores, like GOG, give you a less restrictive license, but it's still a license.

[–] Ksin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

GoG does actually explicitly state that you own the games bought on the platform, though who knows how well that holds in a strictly legal sense.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

and the law is able to make license conditions illegal/unenforceable (like non-compete clauses in employment contracts)

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Sure, but has the law made licenses for software illegal/unenforceable? No.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

literally what STG is about

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 points 7 hours ago

Cool, and no laws have been changed, and it's debatable if any should.