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this contradiction always confused me. either way the official company is "losing a sale" and not getting the money, right?

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[-] crossmr@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago

if you live in the EU you own your digital purchases.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 21 points 1 year ago

It's kind of not tested though.

If you've never been given the option to download it and save it and use it from there, how would you "own" it if the streaming service takes it offline?

If you can't transfer ownership of something, or have it past the lifespan of the shop you bought it from, do you really own it? I would say not.

[-] crossmr@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago
[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago

That's software, and frankly until you can transfer a played game to somebody else in Steam, it's not something that is enforced.

They cannot "oppose it" according to that, but you cannot do it.

But buying a digital movie from Amazon or Sony? They can take that away. Haven't heard a peep from the EU on it.

[-] bouh@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

You do not. Or we have a different definition for owning.

[-] ftbd@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

I'm in the EU. How do I download movies I purchased on Amazon?

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