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Sony Reminds PS Users They Don't Own Digital Games (games.gg)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/74416381

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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[–] 5 points 2 days ago

Pretty sure GOG has similar terms, too. The difference is that they're effectively unenforceable with the lack of DRM. But the "you're only buying a licence to use the software" verbiage is pretty universal, and old at this point. In fact, I'm pretty sure I've got NES games somewhere with nearly identical phrasing in their manuals.

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