dantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agoCalifornia will force companies to admit you don't own digital contentwww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1305arrow-down12
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minus-square200ok@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·18 hours agotl;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.
minus-squareGoun@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours ago “permanent offline downloads” How can anyone offer that?
minus-squareatrielienz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoGoogle play music used to offer it as well.
minus-squareltxrtquq@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 hours ago (C )Any digital good that is advertised or offered to a person that the seller cannot revoke access to after the transaction, which includes making the digital good available at the time of purchase for permanent offline download to an external storage source to be used without a connection to the internet. It shouldn’t be that hard, gog.com manages to do it
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How can anyone offer that?
Google play music used to offer it as well.
It shouldn’t be that hard, gog.com manages to do it