alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 19 hours agoWiki documents at least 44 instances in which Sony says you own your games as digital games ownership lawsuit progresses — project is direct assault on Sony's claim in recent ownership lawsuitwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1257arrow-down10
arrow-up1257arrow-down1external-linkWiki documents at least 44 instances in which Sony says you own your games as digital games ownership lawsuit progresses — project is direct assault on Sony's claim in recent ownership lawsuitwww.tomshardware.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squarerollerbang@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·18 hours agoHeh, used games, like if a game can be “used”.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·26 minutes agoBack in the before times, you could trivially wear out the media. A floppy disk only lasted so long, a CD could get scratched and damaged. Just like a book can wear out in another thread. The content of said medium is information and that doesn’t “get used up”.
minus-squarewyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·edit-217 hours agoWell, if they called them “previously owned”, it’d undermine their current attempts at fraud.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·16 hours agoUsed undermines it too. Their argument is that only one game exists, so you can’t sell a used one.
minus-squarewyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 hours agoYes, but they’re banking on “used” sneaking right past the bullshit filters. At least, they were. 🤞🏼
Heh, used games, like if a game can be “used”.
Back in the before times, you could trivially wear out the media. A floppy disk only lasted so long, a CD could get scratched and damaged.
Just like a book can wear out in another thread.
The content of said medium is information and that doesn’t “get used up”.
Well, if they called them “previously owned”, it’d undermine their current attempts at fraud.
Used undermines it too. Their argument is that only one game exists, so you can’t sell a used one.
Yes, but they’re banking on “used” sneaking right past the bullshit filters. At least, they were. 🤞🏼