#digital-licensing on Hacker News

2 stories tagged digital-licensing, newest first.

Screenshot of tomshardware.com: NY announces game ownership bill requiring ownership rather than licensing

NY announces game ownership bill requiring ownership rather than licensing (tomshardware.com)

373 points by guiambros 8 days ago | 171 comments

Tom's Hardware news article on a New York bill requiring games be sold as owned goods rather than licenses and remain functional after publisher support ends.

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Screenshot of techdirt.com: Sony deletes more movies from the accounts of people who ‘bought’ them

Sony deletes more movies from the accounts of people who ‘bought’ them (techdirt.com)

558 points by nekusar 3 months ago | 340 comments

Techdirt article reporting that Sony removed more purchased movies from PlayStation Store users' accounts, highlighting the problem of digital purchases being revocable licenses.

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#digital-licensing on Hacker News

NY announces game ownership bill requiring ownership rather than licensing(tomshardware.com)

Sony deletes more movies from the accounts of people who ‘bought’ them(techdirt.com)

NY announces game ownership bill requiring ownership rather than licensing (tomshardware.com)

Sony deletes more movies from the accounts of people who ‘bought’ them (techdirt.com)