simple@piefed.social to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agoSony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videosthegamepost.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1201arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1201arrow-down1external-linkSony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videosthegamepost.comsimple@piefed.social to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square42fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareskulblaka@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 hours agoFuck that, when I bought Chrono Trigger for the SNES, I owned that game. I still own that game. Nintendo has not broken into my home to rescind my license to a physical cartridge that I purchased.
minus-squaremissingno@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down3·4 hours agoLegally speaking, you own the physical cartridge, but you only own a license to the software on the cartridge. Practically speaking, no one will break into your house to control what you do with the cartridge.
Fuck that, when I bought Chrono Trigger for the SNES, I owned that game. I still own that game. Nintendo has not broken into my home to rescind my license to a physical cartridge that I purchased.
Legally speaking, you own the physical cartridge, but you only own a license to the software on the cartridge.
Practically speaking, no one will break into your house to control what you do with the cartridge.