Comment on Valve Sued By The Performing Rights Society Over Music Rights in Games Valve Doesn’t Make or Own

A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Shirasho@lemmings.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Lest we forget, Unity tried to do just that and walked back due to backlash.

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  • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Unity never tried that? They wanted to charge the developer using Unity.

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• ohshit604@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Make us individual game owners pay license every time we download and install the game?

  This is how it’s been done for decades now?

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  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Really?

    I don’t recall having to pay a fee every time I redownload or reinstall my game…ever

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    • ohshit604@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Suggest reading into software licensing and understand the different types of licenses.

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      • SparroHawc@lemmy.zip ⁨28⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        Every time a company tries to restrict the number of downloads/reinstalls for a game that you buy a license for, it has backlashed so catastrophically that they’ve walked it back.

        So it has happened, yes, but there is no situation currently with game distributors where you pay a license for a single download. They’re all pay once, download in perpetuity.

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      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        Sure buddy.

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• YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yeah, like isn’t this steam’s schtick? You give up a third of the purchases for them to just handle this kinda shit? I’m not defending them, just stating.

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  • Luffy879@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Steam is a game Plattform, not a game publisher

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    • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Half life 3 fans in shambles.

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      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        real disappointed all that HL3 hype a month or 3 back ultimately ended up being a big fat fart of nothing.

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      • Luffy879@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        With Game publisher I meant that Steam neither published GTA, nor any other games listed there

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