Topic

Digital game ownership

11 mentions in 5 episodes

Also known as Digital media ownership, Digital ownership

The hosts discuss whether digital game purchase language makes clear that buyers receive a license.

Mentions

761: Whatever...

  • 49:10

    when they buy a digital game, pressing the button that says buy now, that doesn't mean they own it

  • 49:49

    buying a copy of the game that they then own rather than a license to access the game

668: Weaponized Puffery

  • 29:44

    when you buy something that's digital, you don't own it

  • 30:00

    only receiving a revocable license, not outright ownership

482: Choose Wisely

  • 1:05:16

    Buying digital media is really only licensing the product

  • 1:05:34

    Amazon argues users don't actually own purchased Prime Video content.

358: Inverted Schulmeister

  • 14:21

    you don't really own anything anymore

  • 15:32

    We really don't own things anymore. We just kind of rent them.

281: The InterCops

  • 16:47

    you might think that you actually own it

  • 17:28

    it goes away from your library because it's not your library

  • 18:37

    rights holders pull ... their contract