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Steam Now Warns Consumers That They're Buying a License, Not a Game During a Purchase
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this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2024
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The answer is to introduce law which would force digital products to be owned, not licenced for non commercial users.
What exactly would that entail? I “own” Hades, thus I can depict Zagreus in my own works, as his likeness is my property? I’m allowed to copy the game to a dozen thumb drives and sell them on the street?
Somewhat ironically, both of those things would actually require a license as opposed to ownership