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minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoHow is it an EULA violation if I never agreed to it when I didn’t purchase it?
minus-squareCyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoNot you, but the person making the game available through unofficial channels.
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoFor a EULA to be “valid”, and oh boy am I using valid very loosely, it needs to be agreed before purchase and stipulates that its valid if you purchase the “product”. As I did not purchase it, how is the EULA valid to me?
minus-squarebookmeat@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoThen it’s copyright infringement or anti-circumvention. It’s all just bundled up in the tent of piracy to preserve rent extraction.
How is it an EULA violation if I never agreed to it when I didn’t purchase it?
Not you, but the person making the game available through unofficial channels.
For a EULA to be “valid”, and oh boy am I using valid very loosely, it needs to be agreed before purchase and stipulates that its valid if you purchase the “product”. As I did not purchase it, how is the EULA valid to me?
Then it’s copyright infringement or anti-circumvention. It’s all just bundled up in the tent of piracy to preserve rent extraction.