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Ron Wyden asks for rules about whether you own your digital purchases (www.theverge.com)
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[–] semperverus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That only works after you've found out the developer is a scumbag though

[–] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago

That only works until stop killing games is passed and forces game devs to release the code for running servers for the games yourselves after the official server(s) close down. Like how City of Heroes/Villians works now.

[–] stardust@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

Then don't buy a game until it is cracked if it has DRM?