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Re:Sony, Ubisoft scandals lead to California ban on deceptiv... by 7e on Friday September 27, 2024 @09:19AM (#41670104)
When you “buy” a concert ticket, are you buying the artist? The venue? The rights to the song?

When you click the button labeled “Buy”, you buy a license. You’re not buying the source code, or the company that makes the game, or the copyright, or the website.

Almost all words in language have more than one meaning depending on context. Except maybe to you.

Re:Sony, Ubisoft scandals lead to California ban on deceptiv... by kstrauser on Friday September 27, 2024 @10:55AM (#41671250)
If I go to an online store and buy a paperback, they will mail me a copy of it that I may keep for the rest of my life. I can read it 100 times if I want to.

Before this law, I could go through that exact process to get a e-book, but then they could come back later and revoke my ability to read the e-book that I “bought”.

Those two cannot use the same word. They are not the same class of transaction. The latter is more like a rental or lease. They both live behind a “buy” button, though.

If I’m told I’m buying an e-book, and the seller later steals it from me by making it unreadable, I have no qualms about obtaining a replacement copy through other channels. I already paid for it; I’m going to have and enjoy it.

Re:Sony, Ubisoft scandals lead to California ban on deceptiv... by Larrikin on Friday September 27, 2024 @09:27AM (#41670187)
You are buying an experience on that night. Similar to buying food at a restaurant

You aren't buying a bad faith argument.

Re:Sony, Ubisoft scandals lead to California ban on deceptiv... by philistine on Friday September 27, 2024 @11:13AM (#41671473)
No, you're literally buying an entry ticket. If you were buying an experience, you could sue because the beer was not to your taste.