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PlayStation founder Ken Kutaragi says discs became "metaphor for 'owning' games", and that upset at their discontinuation is a "mentality issue" (www.eurogamer.net)
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[–] 10 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

You misunderstand me.

It hasn't always worked the way it does today. I know you buy a "license". But when you bought that cd rom or floppy or dvd or whatever physical media, you didn't have to do anything else to make it work. That copy ALWAYS worked, and you could sell it when you no longer needed it. Or you could let your friend borrow it.

"Fair usage" doesn't really work the way it used to.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 hours ago (1 child)

    That is not what “fair use” means in the context of copyright.

    Also most of those licenses were non-transferable which means it was illegal to sell those games secondhand. But again it was unenforceable.

    What you are talking about is DRM.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 hours ago

    I think you are also missing my point.

    I'm not talking about what the law is/was.

    Also, I put "Fair usage" in quotes for a reason.

    My point is that those producing media should not be able to sell you something that you are not allowed to control to some extent, and use at your disposal.

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