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  • , it said that it was repealed and superseded in the 70s.

    It absolutely did not say that.

    17 U.S.C. § 109(a) from 1976 clarified the earlier laws without changing them at all. It even specifically mentions video games. That is if you buy a video game you have the right to resell it (dispose).

    Courts have since ruled that the law and 17 U.S.C. § 109(a) don’t apply because you bought a “license”.

    But that doesn’t change the law or 17 U.S.C. § 109(a) which was even clearer that someone who purchases music or a video game has the right to resell it.

    Court rulings aren’t law.



  • The law you linked is 100 years old

    Laws don’t expire unless specifically written to expire. Do you not believe in the right to free speech because that law is 250 years old?

    Nor was it superceded 50 years ago. The case was in 2012 and wasn’t ruled until 2018.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records,_LLC_v._ReDigi_Inc.

    because you’re making a copy (which first sale doctrine does not allow you to do)

    You aren’t necessarily making a copy. You are transferring a license to use. Steam restricts duplicate license usage.

    The law was about digital copies of music without DRM. Given that Steam restricts duplicate licenses, that court ruling doesn’t necessarily apply. And a court ruling isn’t a law. That’s why I claim Steam is breaking the law. But they get away with it because they have the billions to sue anyone who fights for the legal rights. So no one has tried.



  • people with organ transplants don’t own the organs they bought.

    You didn’t buy the organ you got transplanted because federal law prohibits all organ sales.

    TIL people with pacemakers don’t own their hearts.

    ??? A pacemaker is device implanted to maintain regular rhythm. If you purchased one from the manufacturer, you could sell it to someone else.

    “Only multi player content”

    So content was removed.









  • Valve started it. Valve invented the “we can violate copyright laws because it’s on a computer”. Your purchased games will be digital downloads where you have no actual ownership rights.

    It is illegal to stop you from reselling copyrighted work you bought at whatever price you can get. Book publishers tried that over 100 years ago and were smacked down by the Supreme Court and followed up with laws passed by Congress.


  • GoG, every console, play store, and Apple store take the same cut.

    Because they were following Steam. Steam set the standard. The IOS store came 8 years! after steam.

    Steam practically invented the idea of monetizing consumer rights for profit. You used to own your games. It is law that copyrighted works can be resold. The specific case was that publishers were trying to restrict reselling copyrighted work for cheap.

    That’s exactly the law Valve violates by saying “it’s not a copyrighted work, it’s a steam key.”

    Gabe was the original tech bro- profiting from breaking the law by saying “it’s on a computer”


  • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.worldtoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldStorage?! In this economy!?
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    I have family photos starting in 2001, scanned/captured photos and video going back 50 years, music, and backups of all my Xbox DVDs (WTF is the original Xbox even called today?). But that’s a few terrabytes. It can all fit on a few USB sticks. (Which I do as a third level backup.)

    The real space killers are the TV shows and movies that I will watch at most once every 20 years. I could delete almost all of it. But I don’t. Instead I keep looking for bigger storage options.