Comment on For different game store, legally, what happens if they close?
Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 3 weeks ago
Legally speaking you lose the license to all the games because you don’t own the games only a license to use those games.
And the game owners have only licensed the games to the gaming platform (steam, etc) with the license to re-license those to you. Ceasing to exist the middleman, also your end of the license is invalidated.
You would need to negotiate a license to use each game again with somebody else or you are effectively pirating the game.
This doesn’t matter if there are DRM or no DRM. This not a technical aspect. Pirating means using without being legally allowed to, circumventing DRM or not is just the difference between breaking into your home or finding a non locked door to enter without damaging the house. Its still stealing.
Don’t get mad, I do not condone DRM and I don’t think piracy is stealing, it was just an example from a legal point of view
IANAL, but had to study the field for work related stuff.
PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Thanks for your thorough answer. That was my understanding from the research I was doing as well, but I am probably even less of a lawer and was hoping someone with more experience could check my work.