LCP@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 个月前GOG reportedly suffering from staff turnover and poor management: “Current business model is likely running out of steam”gameworldobserver.comexternal-linkmessage-square272fedilinkarrow-up1698arrow-down19
arrow-up1689arrow-down1external-linkGOG reportedly suffering from staff turnover and poor management: “Current business model is likely running out of steam”gameworldobserver.comLCP@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 个月前message-square272fedilink
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down28·1 个月前 GoG Vault would disagree with you on that. They are free to disagree on laws but they are still bound by them. You can download the full installers and keep them, nobody can take them away or disable it remotely That’s true but if your license is revoked, you’re illegally in possession of the game assets.
minus-squareZeroOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down6·1 个月前That’s not how it works but hey, you do you
minus-squareSaltySalamander@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 个月前It 100% is how it works. Read that EULA next time you install one of those games via the installer you downloaded from gog.
minus-squareZeroOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·1 个月前Yeah & we still get to keep the installers, but hey I seriously do get your point
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 个月前It’s less clear than you say. In principle the First-sale doctrine should apply but it has not caught up with reality yet.
They are free to disagree on laws but they are still bound by them.
That’s true but if your license is revoked, you’re illegally in possession of the game assets.
That’s not how it works but hey, you do you
It 100% is how it works. Read that EULA next time you install one of those games via the installer you downloaded from gog.
Yeah & we still get to keep the installers, but hey I seriously do get your point
and?
It’s less clear than you say.
In principle the First-sale doctrine should apply but it has not caught up with reality yet.