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California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a bill into law that won't stop companies from taking away your digitally purchased video games, movies, and TV shows, but it'll at least force them to be a little more transparent about it.

As spotted by The Verge, the law, AB 2426, will prohibit storefronts from using the words "buy, purchase, or any other term which a reasonable person would understand to confer an unrestricted ownership interest in the digital good or alongside an option for a time-limited rental." The law won't apply to storefronts which state in "plain language" that you're actually just licensing the digital content and that license could expire at any time, or to products that can be permanently downloaded.

The law will go into effect next year, and companies who violate the terms could be hit with a false advertising fine. It also applies to e-books, music, and other forms of digital media.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (9 children)

In the USA, Copyright Infringement excludes nonprofit uses, but that becomes shaky very quickly when you run a network that distributes copyrighted work without permission because you are then harming the business that sells the items.

So, yes, you can distribute a copy to your friend and your friend can take said copy and no laws are broken.

[–] weirdwallace75@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

No, wrong. Or else teachers would be able to make copies of textbooks, and they're not.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

They make money at work so they aren't exempt, plus are they making copies for the children? Because that would be a lot of copies.

Still, I've never once heard of the law being enforced in that way. An entire School District has been succesfully sued by a copyright holder, but a lone teacher? Fat fucking chance, mate.

[–] weirdwallace75@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

You're saying absolute goddamned nonsense.

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