cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/51388116
With the end of physical PlayStation games looming, the need for clear digital ownership rights is more pressing than ever.
For its part, Sony believes your rights are very clear: you do not own your digital games, and it’s unlikely you’re stupid enough to believe otherwise. At least, that’s roughly the argument the company’s lawyers are presenting in response to a proposed class-action lawsuit.
Sony argues that its current customer-facing disclosures ensure that “reasonable consumers would not be misled” into believing they actually own their digital games. That’s according to a Game File report (paid article link) citing an August 21 filing Sony’s lawyers made in California’s Northern District.
Sony lawyers are stupid enough to argue about nonsense. Nobody was even thinking of owning GTA 6 because they purchased a copy or license to use it. Do I really have to explain a lawyer, that owning a license would mean that Sony has no rights to take the license away after you purchased it? We are arguing over owning the license to play the game, not owning the franchise. Also look at GOG, where you can even own the stuff you download, in the sense that you are in control of it.
Does anyone remember NFTs? Right, this scam thing with the apes. But honestly, just like any other technology, it could solve issues if used properly. NFTs could have solved the ownership of a specific license to a game problem. Because it guarantees and proofs that you own the license, independent from any launcher or company (but still depending on an account probably), almost like a disc or cartridge. So from technology wise it could be solved if they wanted to. But they don’t.
It doesn’t matter who stupid the arguments are. All that matters is how stupid the judges are, and it is not difficult to find a stupid judge these days.