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>There are countless games that can't be played any more only because a company behind it has discontinued its DRM servers. I want those companies (and especia
by thfuran 2y ago
>There are countless games that can't be played any more only because a company behind it has discontinued its DRM servers.
I want those companies (and especially connected device manufacturers in similar positions) to be liable for damages. It's basically destruction of property.
- jandrese 2y agoExcept software isn't property. You don't even own it. It's all some "limited license to execute the code on your own hardware", because the one thing software companies will never abide is the doctrine of first sale[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine
- thfuran 2y agoIt's more like renting for an undisclosed period of time than buying, and perhaps labeling should be required to reflect this. I think the first sale doctrine needs holes plugged and the third party doctrine should probably be binned or at least heavily modified. We're well over a decade into an era that many of our laws just are not fit for. Of course, many of those legal deficiencies were bought and paid for, so I'm not holding my breath.