Re:NY announces game ownership bill requiring ownership rath...
by ThunderSizzle on Sunday October 18, 2026 @07:37AM
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What if my trust or business buys it? My trust/business is a legal individual that can be passed down to other owners over time?
Re:NY announces game ownership bill requiring ownership rath...
by chrisjj on Sunday October 18, 2026 @08:54AM
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You'd be in breach of the terms.
Re:NY announces game ownership bill requiring ownership rath...
by cowlevel on Sunday October 18, 2026 @09:25AM
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It's usually legal to breach terms.
Re:NY announces game ownership bill requiring ownership rath...
by ThunderSizzle on Sunday October 18, 2026 @10:27PM
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How so? Companies and trusts are legal persons, just like anyone else...
Re:NY announces game ownership bill requiring ownership rath...
by chrisjj on Monday October 19, 2026 @03:21AM
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That transfer would breach the term prohibiting transfer.
Re:NY announces game ownership bill requiring ownership rath...
by ThunderSizzle on Monday October 19, 2026 @11:20AM
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It's not a transfer. If a trust owns a game, then the trust owns the game. A transfer of trust is not a transfer of ownership of the trust's property.
Now, moving a steam account into a trust might be a breach, if they care. Even using a trust to buy a game might also be a violation of some form, perhaps, buried in the toc.
But the trust itself is a legal entity and it can own things. Just because the people behind the trust changes doesn't mean it was a transfer on the public side of the trust.
Re:NY announces game ownership bill requiring ownership rath...
by chrisjj on Monday October 19, 2026 @12:21PM
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The trust won't own the game.
> Now, moving a steam account into a trust might be a breach
Morever, it can't happen. Accounts are non-transferrable.
> Even using a trust to buy a game might also be a violation of some form, perhaps, buried in the toc.
Right at the top, actually. GOG, not Steam: "This license is for your personal use."
Re:NY announces game ownership bill requiring ownership rath...
by AlienRobot on Sunday October 18, 2026 @09:59AM
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The account isn't the software. Software are files.
"Your GOG account and GOG content are personal to you and cannot be shared with, sold, gifted or transferred to anyone else."