unglueclass23@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoPlayStation Wants To Prove In Court That You Don't Own Your Digital Gameswww.polygon.comexternal-linkmessage-square197fedilinkarrow-up1654arrow-down14cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1650arrow-down1external-linkPlayStation Wants To Prove In Court That You Don't Own Your Digital Gameswww.polygon.comunglueclass23@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square197fedilinkcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareKurtismayfield@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 days agoThe courts still need to weigh in on this. If you purchase a license to use the software, the company shouldn’t have the power to revoke that license without cause. The license should last as long as the copyright/patent/etc. does.
minus-squareHerbGrower@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoThere may well be a valid argument that they don’t make it clear enough at the point of sale too.
The courts still need to weigh in on this. If you purchase a license to use the software, the company shouldn’t have the power to revoke that license without cause. The license should last as long as the copyright/patent/etc. does.
There may well be a valid argument that they don’t make it clear enough at the point of sale too.