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This doesn't get said enough and is why we need better consumer protection laws, like the ones that the EU has implemented or seeks to. Publishers can't have i

by hd4 10y ago

This doesn't get said enough and is why we need better consumer protection laws, like the ones that the EU has implemented or seeks to. Publishers can't have it both ways. The way gamers are treated has been embarrassingly bad for way too long now. With the sums of money in the videogame economy I'm annoyed this hasn't been solved yet. Also, we gamers need to stop accepting the pathetic treatment we get. Use your wallets and vote.

TillE 10y ago
The EU isn't a whole lot better on this particular issue at the moment. But it's basically inevitable, as younger jurists and legislators take power. The idea that digital property is ephemeral is just a quirk of IP law which can be changed with the stroke of a pen. Digital property intuitively is personal property, and they'll only be able to weasel their way around this fact with contract law and "licenses" for so long.