Good. This should have been clarified years ago, and not just in California. I’ve bought too much content that is no longer accessible. For instance, from the Wii store…
The Wii store remains my go-to example when talking to people who actually believe they own their digital purchases.
Like, Nah fam.
tl;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.
Yeah but this isn’t as big a deal as the clickbait headline.
The headline is extremely optimistic, but it’s not clickbait.
How is it clickbait?
