ryujin470@fedia.io to Ask Lemmy · 2 days agoDoes purchasing a game on GOG.com really grants ownership of the game and not a license to use it?message-squaremessage-square139linkfedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1149arrow-down1message-squareDoes purchasing a game on GOG.com really grants ownership of the game and not a license to use it?ryujin470@fedia.io to Ask Lemmy · 2 days agomessage-square139linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBad_Ideas_In_Bulklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoWhat Federation is being Federal to you? If it’s the USA, overriding your property rights was the whole purpose of the DMCA.
minus-squaregruelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoEven accepting the argument that a tyrannical law invalidates rights rather than violating them (which I don’t, BTW), the DMCA only applies to things that are DRM’d, not everything on Steam.
minus-squareBad_Ideas_In_Bulklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 hours agoIf we’re discussing what’s legal it’s 100% relevant. DMCA makes circumventing a digital lock a crime in the USA. If we’re discussing what’s moral, then talk less. Nothing about the DMCA was moral.
What Federation is being Federal to you? If it’s the USA, overriding your property rights was the whole purpose of the DMCA.
Even accepting the argument that a tyrannical law invalidates rights rather than violating them (which I don’t, BTW), the DMCA only applies to things that are DRM’d, not everything on Steam.
If we’re discussing what’s legal it’s 100% relevant. DMCA makes circumventing a digital lock a crime in the USA.
If we’re discussing what’s moral, then talk less. Nothing about the DMCA was moral.