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You don't own the content on DVDs either. You own the disc and you've been granted a limited license to view/play the content.

• teddyh 4y ago
  Strictly speaking, ownership does not apply to content. One can hold the copyright, or not. You own the DVD, but you are not the copyright holder. Also: Copyright law only disallows you from copying the DVD (and some other things, like making a public performance of the work, etc.), any license document which accompanies the DVD is irrelevant, and cannot remove any rights you already have. If the license would be considered a contract, it would be irrelevant since you have not agreed to it, nor signed it (or even read it). If the license would be considered a copyright license, it would only apply when making a copy (or public performance, etc.) of the work; it does not apply for you simply watching the DVD. In short, no, you have not been “granted a license” to view/play the content of a DVD – you don’t need one.
• dark-star 4y ago
  Indeed, and Copyright etc. still applies, of course. But in most jurisdictions, what you do with a DVD that you bought, in your own home, is totally up to you, so you can install the game even if the company that created it no longer exists. Heck, in most jurisdictions you can even legally disassemble the game and remove any form of online activation or similar, if the servers are no longer available