Gnergy@piefed.europe.pub to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agoBill to block publishers from killing online games advances in Californiaarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1284arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1283arrow-down1external-linkBill to block publishers from killing online games advances in Californiaarstechnica.comGnergy@piefed.europe.pub to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenovember@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·8 hours ago Consumers receive a license to access and use a game, not an unrestricted ownership interest in the underlying work,” the ESA wrote. We know. That’s the problem. Hurray for the POG Act, it’s very pog.
minus-squareKatana314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·7 hours agoFeels like many times I’ve heard in my life: “We’d like to change this law.” “You can’t change this law. See, it’s written here: It’s the law.” “I’m…not contesting what it is. I’m saying I want to change it. We set it in place, we can make changes to it.” “…But that’d be…against the law…”
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 hours agoThat logic works just fine if you have all the money and lawyers.
We know. That’s the problem.
Hurray for the POG Act, it’s very pog.
Feels like many times I’ve heard in my life:
“We’d like to change this law.”
“You can’t change this law. See, it’s written here: It’s the law.”
“I’m…not contesting what it is. I’m saying I want to change it. We set it in place, we can make changes to it.”
“…But that’d be…against the law…”
That logic works just fine if you have all the money and lawyers.