Re:Amazon deleted my Final Space digital purchases of season...
by mrguyorama on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @03:53PM
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We can "want" this outcome all we want, but as long as distributors have no legal requirement to not have an asterisk and language explaining it somewhere else, it will always say "buy"
Re:Amazon deleted my Final Space digital purchases of season...
by PeterisP on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @05:52PM
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If enough people want this outcome, then this can motivate our legislators to impose this legal requirement. Consumers in some countries have better conditions not because of the benevolence of distributors but because legislators treat consumer-friendly legislation as good PR for (re)elections.
Re:Amazon deleted my Final Space digital purchases of season...
by caiomassan on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @03:52PM
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for games, u can buy the games on GOG ( RED PROJEKT plataform) whenever they remove a game they warn you, so you can download your copy before the game gets delisted.
Re:Amazon deleted my Final Space digital purchases of season...
by okasaki on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @04:09PM
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Does GOG remove bought games? Is there a list?
Re:Amazon deleted my Final Space digital purchases of season...
by arvonle on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @05:23PM
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GOG has removed some games from the shop - an infamous case being the three Fallout "Classic" games upon release of new and inferior versions by Bethesda.
However at least in this instance the games are still in my library years after.
Of note Steam despite its reputation has done the same with LOTR War In The North and Hentai Loli vs Pedobear (don't ask, it was a gift by a deranged friend I swear ;))
Re:Amazon deleted my Final Space digital purchases of season...
by okasaki on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @05:47PM
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Yes that's my impression as well. They remove it from the catalog, but if you bought you can still see it.
Re:Amazon deleted my Final Space digital purchases of season...
by dylan604 on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @04:24PM
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>Lease "Final Space" until 12/31/2022 (Non-Renewable)
This is how the avails are written for licensing to platforms. It even allows for different windows based on territory. This is how you can see content bounce from platform to platform.
Amazon isn't alone, Valve/Steam has a similar issue, all music services, eBook platforms, audio books, etc. I think the war has already been lost on that front... you do not own anything and that's not going to change unfortunately.
For me, describing this as a "lease", perhaps with an explicit renewal date (that may or may not be free maybe) would make a lot more sense.
For Example:
Or: This would give platforms a predictable end-date, and the possibility to charge a reduced amount as the title's contract expiration date nears... plus charge a reduced fee for "renewing" a lease (and giving them future revenues on the same titles).