[Image Description]: A meme in the style of anti-piracy ads stating the following:
You wouldn’t pirate a game you already paid for to be able to play it again since the company stopped supporting it and no longer sells it
[Image Description]: A meme in the style of anti-piracy ads stating the following:
You wouldn’t pirate a game you already paid for to be able to play it again since the company stopped supporting it and no longer sells it
https://www.stopkillinggames.com/
I see this link posted everywhere for weeks now but like, I’ve never been able to use it. The US version of it recommends the DGCCRF which is exclusive to France or visitors thereof. It’s weird that it doesn’t recommend a US branch or have the FTC section at the top
Because it’s PRIMARILY about The Crew, sold by Ubisoft, a French company.
There is no US push to stop killing games like they’re doing in other countries because it’s impossible without lobbying money, which they don’t have.
I think there was an episode where they found out that there’s a US law that says US citizens don’t have the right to ownership of software or something like that. they’re only trying on countries where customer protection is a thing, but the practice of removing ownership of software after some time is in a gray area.
Yeah even when people talk about “owning“ CDs or cartridges, they don’t actually own it. They own the physical piece that has a limited license. That’s why I can’t take a Blu-ray, invite 50 people over, and charge admission. Hell even doing it free is not technically legal. Same reason we can’t make copies and distribute even for free. The contents aren’t our property.
So you’re saying a company representative can come to your home and take all the clothes you bought from them because they still own the rights to the design ?
That’s not the same thing. This is specifically laws regarding media ownership/licensing/distribution. It’s a completely different world.
And to be clear I’m not saying what it should be, I’m saying what the current legal reality is.
Edit: also a rep can’t show up and take the media off your shelf unless you do something illegal with it and they have an LEO with a warrant. That would be trespassing and theft lol can’t say I’ve even heard of that. Usually they just take/threaten legal action.
Didn’t mean to sound harsh. Not a native English speaker.
It’s still in a gray legal area in most countries or they wouldn’t even be trying. Nobody is trying to steal the intelectual property, just make it that companies can’t come years later and remove things you bought full. It’s a matter of customer protection.
Totally right, I was just responding specifically to the US side of it. No worries I probably over interpreted the heat a bit there.