unglueclass23@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agoPlayStation Wants To Prove In Court That You Don't Own Your Digital Gameswww.polygon.comexternal-linkmessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1447cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.worksgaming@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1447external-linkPlayStation Wants To Prove In Court That You Don't Own Your Digital Gameswww.polygon.comunglueclass23@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square114fedilinkcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.worksgaming@lemmy.zip
minus-squareCouldbealeotard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 hour agoIf you buy a CD with software and it gets shipped to your house, you own the disc, not the software. It’s always been this way, we are just now living in a world where the technology exists to take the software away from you after you paid.
minus-squareMateo@mastodon.unolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·48 minutes ago@Couldbealeotard @jsnfwlr sure, but you were also able to sell it eventually.
If you buy a CD with software and it gets shipped to your house, you own the disc, not the software. It’s always been this way, we are just now living in a world where the technology exists to take the software away from you after you paid.
@Couldbealeotard @jsnfwlr sure, but you were also able to sell it eventually.