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Sony Reminds PS Users They Don't Own Digital Games (games.gg)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The relevant section is blunt. "The Software is licensed to you, not sold," the EULA states. "You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and personal license to play or use the Software for your private, non-commercial use on the system or device it was intended for."

The terms also restrict renting, modifying, or obtaining games through unauthorised means. Nothing in there is new, technically. Sony's EULA has always said this. The timing is what makes it land differently right now.

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[–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (7 children)

Luckily the EULA doesn't apply when obtaining it through unauthorized means since the EULA would never have been accepted upon a purchase that didn't happen.

(It is though copyright infringement, but you still have more ownership over the bytes on your own disk since DRM would have been removed or neutered)

[–] ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes it does The only reason that paragraph is there is it's legally required for disclosure.

[–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 1 points 2 days ago

I'm not American, so no. A contractual term can only be provided before entering a purchase agreement in EU. Copyright law is still in effect, but all the EULAs you read after purchase (e.g. during boot) are void here.

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