how is this gonna work for those online games like genshin, league, cs etc ????
if people can buy the game with ownership, then how does subscription like software adobe is exist ?????
"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries."
Unlike freedom of speech, this right is intended to be limited in scope and duration. So let’s promote that progress! While we’re at it, we can reduce the length of copyright altogether.
Frankly this bill should be extended to cover similar situations in business and consumer software, etc. Abandonware has always been a legally murky area.
It’s entirely another to force them or restrict them from engaging in transactions between consenting parties that do not infringe on a third party.
If we want to talk about "consenting parties" well me decompiling your code and selling it to a 3rd party is consensus, and infringing on IP rights.
The fact that they weaponize the government against me sharing code is a handout given to a group that doesn't deserve it.
People were pointing out the issues with DRM 20+ years ago, but it was largely a theoretical concern at the time for most people. Now it's more real in exactly the way people said it would be (oops, your new computer doesn't have a CD drive, and newer windows doesn't allow the old DRM drivers anyway so your old games are unusable. Better buy our new digital version again. Oops we've decided to remove your access to the new digital version. No refunds.) for them, so the idea of passing laws against it is gaining popularity.
What I care about is consumers, not the protectionist racket.
If they don't like it, well there are tons of indie game studios who are taking advantage of the lastest technology to build good games.