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Devil's advocate: you can purchase a license. The law uses terms like "purchase" and "ownership" in reference to temporary/conditional delegated ownership all t
by derefr 3y ago
Devil's advocate: you can purchase a license. The law uses terms like "purchase" and "ownership" in reference to temporary/conditional delegated ownership all the time. The legalese in contracts usually looks something like "purchasing a temporary use-right over X."
For a good — and centuries-old — example, a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leasehold_estate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leasehold_estate is something that's "owned"... but only for a certain number of years.
- blowski 3y agoPerhaps the leasehold model is interesting. With the PlayStation example, they can withdraw access to the content at any time, whereas a leasehold gives you restricted ownership for a fixed period of time.