dantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoCalifornia will force companies to admit you don't own digital contentwww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1305arrow-down12
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minus-square200ok@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·2 months agotl;dr California’s new law will require digital storefronts to clarify that consumers are buying licenses, not outright ownership of digital goods. The law forces companies to use distinct language when selling digital media to specify license terms to avoid false advertising fines. The law goes into effect next yea, but won’t apply to companies that offer “permanent offline downloads” of digital goods.
minus-squareGoun@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago “permanent offline downloads” How can anyone offer that?
minus-squareltxrtquq@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months ago (C )Any digital good that is advertised or offered to a person that the seller cannot revoke access to after the transaction, which includes making the digital good available at the time of purchase for permanent offline download to an external storage source to be used without a connection to the internet. It shouldn’t be that hard, gog.com manages to do it
minus-squareatrielienz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoGoogle play music used to offer it as well.
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How can anyone offer that?
It shouldn’t be that hard, gog.com manages to do it
Google play music used to offer it as well.