I’d never even heard of this before. Wtf
Comment on California’s new law forces digital stores to admit you’re just licensing content, not buying it
SomeGuy69@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Next: make it so games can’t suddenly lose their music license. This is so incredible annoying. I know it’s depending on what the publishers negotiated, but it shouldn’t be possible to suddenly patch out soundtracks because of a license expire.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 month ago
yamanii@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Try downloading any GTA before 5, there will be a community guide about the missing songs and how to restore the radios.
SomeGuy69@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Some games, like Allen Wake, have been full out removed from sale because of expired music license. There has been other cases some come back later with the music stripped.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 month ago
require games to buy perpetual licenses for the music?
Adalast@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Other way around. Require sales of licenses to games to be perpetual. The way you phrased it means that the license holders can charge way more.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 month ago
it’s a distinction without a difference.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Seriously. If I bought GTA before those licenses expired, my download should always have them, even if newer ones do not (which, to be clear, still sucks that that’s acceptable).