With the end of physical PlayStation games looming, the need for clear digital ownership rights is more pressing than ever.

For its part, Sony believes your rights are very clear: you do not own your digital games, and it's unlikely you're stupid enough to believe otherwise. At least, that's roughly the argument the company's lawyers are presenting in response to a proposed class-action lawsuit.

Sony argues that its current customer-facing disclosures ensure that "reasonable consumers would not be misled" into believing they actually own their digital games. That's according to a Game File report (paid article link) citing an August 21 filing Sony's lawyers made in California's Northern District.

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[–] 1 point 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 child)

And lemmy is thriving because individuals like you and me gave enough of a fuck to shift over to this place.

I dunno about thriving, but it's here and it's kinda sorta close enough to Reddit that I don't use Reddit anymore. But Reddit still exists. Similarly, GTA 6 will probably break sales records whether I buy it or not.

The other thing is that conceptualizing it as "voting with your dollars" points out the problem straightforwardly. Some people have millions/billions/trillions to vote with.

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    I mean it's labour day long weekend, I'm sure there's one near you. I don't want to dox myself, but I'll be harassing a local MP with a group sometime this weekend. It's not the whole war but it's pretty high impact for what a dozen people would otherwise be able to do with just votes or dollars.

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