Katana314@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoSteam Now Warns Consumers That They're Buying a License, Not a Game During a Purchasewww.cgmagonline.comexternal-linkmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoIf I back up a DRM-free installer what’s the difference?
minus-squareradix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoLegally, it’s still a license, it’s just effectively impossible to revoke.
minus-squareTheEntity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoJust like any game ever sold on a CD.
minus-squarexapr@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoTechnically, probably yes, but you can buy old, opened games on eBay. I doubt you can do the same with GOG games. Digital media is much harder if not impossible to resell.
minus-squareFushuan [he/him]@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoIf you back up the folder of a steam installed game that doesn’t need steam to run, what’s the difference? Owning the copy in a legal sense doesn’t affect most of the userbase tbh.
If I back up a DRM-free installer what’s the difference?
Legally, it’s still a license, it’s just effectively impossible to revoke.
Just like any game ever sold on a CD.
Technically, probably yes, but you can buy old, opened games on eBay. I doubt you can do the same with GOG games. Digital media is much harder if not impossible to resell.
If you back up the folder of a steam installed game that doesn’t need steam to run, what’s the difference?
Owning the copy in a legal sense doesn’t affect most of the userbase tbh.