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arrow-up1696arrow-down1external-linkGOG reportedly suffering from staff turnover and poor management: “Current business model is likely running out of steam”gameworldobserver.comLCP to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square275fedilink
minus-square@woelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-20•3 months ago 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-squareSaltySalamanderlinkfedilink3•3 months agoIt 100% is how it works. Read that EULA next time you install one of those games via the installer you downloaded from gog.
minus-squareZeroOnelinkfedilinkEnglish4•3 months agoYeah & we still get to keep the installers, but hey I seriously do get your point
minus-square@Hawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoIt’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.