Sony, Ubisoft scandals prompt California ban on deceptive sales of digital goods
Sony, Ubisoft scandals prompt California ban on deceptive sales of digital goods
New California law reminds us we don't own games and movies.
California recently became the first state to ban deceptive sales of so-called "disappearing media."
On Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2426 into law, protecting consumers of digital goods like books, movies, and video games from being duped into purchasing content without realizing access was only granted through a temporary license.
About god-damned time someone did something about that.
Not great that it had to be California legislating it for the rest of the country but we'd pass out if we held our breath on Congress doing anything useful
what's the defense? "people won't buy it if they know they won't own it!!! we're entitled to all the money everywhere!!!"
it's not enough to have their cake and eat it too--they're after your cake also
without realizing access was only granted through a temporary license.
That phrasing has me concerend. Does this also cover the services being shut down?
"This is a permanent licence until we go bankrupt and you can't access the content anymore"
Purchase/buy should mean you get a downloadable DRM free file. And thing else is a rental.