ryujin470@fedia.io to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 20 hours agoDoes purchasing a game on GOG.com really grants ownership of the game and not a license to use it?message-squaremessage-square133fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1134arrow-down1message-squareDoes purchasing a game on GOG.com really grants ownership of the game and not a license to use it?ryujin470@fedia.io to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 20 hours agomessage-square133fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours agoEven accepting the argument that a tyrannical law invalidates rights rather than violating them (which I don’t, BTW), the DMCA only applies to things that are DRM’d, not everything on Steam.
minus-squareBad_Ideas_In_Bulk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoIf we’re discussing what’s legal it’s 100% relevant. DMCA makes circumventing a digital lock a crime in the USA. If we’re discussing what’s moral, then talk less. Nothing about the DMCA was moral.
Even accepting the argument that a tyrannical law invalidates rights rather than violating them (which I don’t, BTW), the DMCA only applies to things that are DRM’d, not everything on Steam.
If we’re discussing what’s legal it’s 100% relevant. DMCA makes circumventing a digital lock a crime in the USA.
If we’re discussing what’s moral, then talk less. Nothing about the DMCA was moral.