California recently became the first state to ban deceptive sales of so-called “disappearing media.”

On Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2426 into law, protecting consumers of digital goods like books, movies, and video games from being duped into purchasing content without realizing access was only granted through a temporary license.

  • TFO Winder@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    Oh no that’s Piracy. That’s what these guys would say. They want to think you own the media but also you are not free to do what you want with it. Weird kind of ownership.

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      1 month ago

      Weird kind of ownership.

      Modern click through agreement: you “buy” a product, but vendor gets to fuck your wife because it says he can right here section 69 🤡

      If you don’t like it, try your chance in courts, boy!