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I'm sure they have some small print stating that it's not actually yours.

by ricardobayes 5y ago

forinti 5y ago
Small print is not always legal.
chris_wot 5y ago
So might be a good idea if they refund him then.
moffkalast 5y ago
This is why I pirate all my kindle books and keep them locally in epubs/mobis. You either have it or you don't.
- GordonS 5y ago
  I do this too. I don't want to have to resort to this, but I also don't want to risk Amazon taking away all of the books that I've paid for! All I want is to pay for DRM-free content.
- abustamam 5y ago
  Kinda funny how they're driving us right back to piracy. Digital content is not forever. If I can't purchase it and download it to my local hard drive, I'm not purchasing it. Reminds me of those old anti piracy PSAs: "you wouldn't download a car." (note: yes, yes I would if I could). But if the new car-buying process was "pay $20k for this Honda Civic, but just know that we are just allowing you to drive it, we can take it away from you at any time" you can be sure that either no one will ever buy cars again, or they'd just "steal" them. If compliance is too hard or too inconvenient or just plain stupid or malicious, then people won't comply. Easy as that.
  - ricardobayes 5y ago
    Makes me wonder what would happen with my Steam games if the publisher pulls it from the store, or what if Steam decides it won't support my system anymore (and I don't want to update).
    - NineStarPoint 5y ago
      I feel like there were a few cases where this has happened, and Steam actually still had the game stored for people who had purchased to download, it was just that no one else could buy the game. Not sure if those cases were the publisher not wanting to generate bad will among its customers, or if Steam's contract with the publisher states outright that even when the game is pulled from the platform it must remain available for people who have already purchased it. Either way, it would certainly be the case that any future patches wouldn't be pushed to Steam.
    - VRay 5y ago
      Easy answer: Quit giving money to Valve, and use GOG instead GOG for buying stuff DRM free, and Game Pass for renting it cheaply if you don't care to own it
      - account42 5y ago
        DRM free used to be an argument for GOG but they significantly watered down their stance: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/drm_on_gog_list_of_singleplayer_games_with_drm/page1 https://www.gog.com/forum/general/drm_on_gog_list_of_singlep... On the other hand, many games (by number at least) on Steam do not have any DRM and you can back up the installed files as easily as you can back up a GOG installer. Many more games only need Steamworks which is easily bypassed. Meanwhile Valve is actively working on making Linux gaming better (which I care about) while GOG/CDPR can't even be bothered to port their own games or their store client.
    - thedevelopnik 5y ago
      Alpha Protocol was removed from stores over music licensing issues. I freaked out because I didn’t have it downloaded, but it’s still in my library and I can download it. You just can’t even view it now if you don’t already own it.
  - elektrons 5y ago
    Not to forget when Amazon deleted books off of Kindles…
  - hazza_n_dazza 5y ago
    the internet is my car.
- datavirtue 5y ago
  I started buying huge stacks of DVDs from Goodwill. They are on my Plex NAS now, along with all of my music. All legally purchased. I was considering starting a donation chain where I give all of my DVDs to someone who wants to do the same, who in turn would give them to someone after they are done. It is a lot of work but my shows and movies are super fast, ad-free, and accessible from anywhere. A pleasant friction-free experience after ingestion.
- buildsjets 5y ago
  Copyright infringement is your best entertainment value.
vmception 5y ago
The state can curb stomp the small print, just keep pointing out where it impacts people like we are doing right now

I'm sure they have some small print stating that it's not actually yours.

forinti 5y ago

Small print is not always legal.

chris_wot 5y ago

So might be a good idea if they refund him then.

moffkalast 5y ago

This is why I pirate all my kindle books and keep them locally in epubs/mobis. You either have it or you don't.

GordonS 5y ago
I do this too. I don't want to have to resort to this, but I also don't want to risk Amazon taking away all of the books that I've paid for! All I want is to pay for DRM-free content.
abustamam 5y ago
Kinda funny how they're driving us right back to piracy. Digital content is not forever. If I can't purchase it and download it to my local hard drive, I'm not purchasing it. Reminds me of those old anti piracy PSAs: "you wouldn't download a car." (note: yes, yes I would if I could). But if the new car-buying process was "pay $20k for this Honda Civic, but just know that we are just allowing you to drive it, we can take it away from you at any time" you can be sure that either no one will ever buy cars again, or they'd just "steal" them. If compliance is too hard or too inconvenient or just plain stupid or malicious, then people won't comply. Easy as that.
- ricardobayes 5y ago
  Makes me wonder what would happen with my Steam games if the publisher pulls it from the store, or what if Steam decides it won't support my system anymore (and I don't want to update).
  - NineStarPoint 5y ago
    I feel like there were a few cases where this has happened, and Steam actually still had the game stored for people who had purchased to download, it was just that no one else could buy the game. Not sure if those cases were the publisher not wanting to generate bad will among its customers, or if Steam's contract with the publisher states outright that even when the game is pulled from the platform it must remain available for people who have already purchased it. Either way, it would certainly be the case that any future patches wouldn't be pushed to Steam.
  - VRay 5y ago
    Easy answer: Quit giving money to Valve, and use GOG instead GOG for buying stuff DRM free, and Game Pass for renting it cheaply if you don't care to own it
    - account42 5y ago
      DRM free used to be an argument for GOG but they significantly watered down their stance: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/drm_on_gog_list_of_singleplayer_games_with_drm/page1 https://www.gog.com/forum/general/drm_on_gog_list_of_singlep... On the other hand, many games (by number at least) on Steam do not have any DRM and you can back up the installed files as easily as you can back up a GOG installer. Many more games only need Steamworks which is easily bypassed. Meanwhile Valve is actively working on making Linux gaming better (which I care about) while GOG/CDPR can't even be bothered to port their own games or their store client.
  - thedevelopnik 5y ago
    Alpha Protocol was removed from stores over music licensing issues. I freaked out because I didn’t have it downloaded, but it’s still in my library and I can download it. You just can’t even view it now if you don’t already own it.
- elektrons 5y ago
  Not to forget when Amazon deleted books off of Kindles…
- hazza_n_dazza 5y ago
  the internet is my car.
datavirtue 5y ago
I started buying huge stacks of DVDs from Goodwill. They are on my Plex NAS now, along with all of my music. All legally purchased. I was considering starting a donation chain where I give all of my DVDs to someone who wants to do the same, who in turn would give them to someone after they are done. It is a lot of work but my shows and movies are super fast, ad-free, and accessible from anywhere. A pleasant friction-free experience after ingestion.
buildsjets 5y ago
Copyright infringement is your best entertainment value.

vmception 5y ago

The state can curb stomp the small print, just keep pointing out where it impacts people like we are doing right now