I suppose that’s the difference between laws in the US vs the EU. In the US the wording of the law is everything. If you find some absurd loophole due to weird grammar, good for you. In the EU, at least from an outsiders perspective, the law is enforced as it was intended to be, and if you try to fuck around with wording you get fined.
Comment on California’s new law forces digital stores to admit you’re just licensing content, not buying it
catloaf@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Much like California’s other good-sounding laws, the fine print is what gets you on both ends, both in the law and in the EULA you agree to when signing up that’s going to say that all transactions are explicitly a terminable and revocable license.
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 1 day ago
catloaf@lemm.ee 1 day ago
That’s the thing, though, it’s not a loophole. It’s intentional. It makes a good headline, but it doesn’t really do much.
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s probably a better way of putting it. “Pretending to help”
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 day ago
A revocable license for a virtual “product” whereupon they absolutely do not give you back your real world dollars if they terminate said license.
There’s no power imbalance in this transaction at all, no siree.
Anyway, I’m all for making backups of things. So you de-licensed me. Big whoop. I still have the file and I can still play it, and nobody can physically stop me.