{"id":113171,"date":"2024-10-12T04:40:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T21:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113171"},"modified":"2024-10-12T04:40:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T21:40:46","slug":"steam-adds-the-harsh-truth-that-youre-buying-a-license-not-the-game-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113171","title":{"rendered":"Steam adds the harsh truth that you\u2019re buying \u201ca license,\u201d not the game itself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>There comes a point in most experienced Steam shoppers&#8217; lives where they wonder what would happen if their account was canceled or stolen, or perhaps <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/2024\/05\/after-you-die-your-steam-games-will-be-stuck-in-legal-limbo\/\">they just stopped breathing<\/a>. It&#8217;s scary to think about how many games in your backlog will never get played; scarier, still, to think about how you don&#8217;t, in most real senses of the word, own any of them.<\/p>\n<p>Now Valve, seemingly working to comply with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/9\/26\/24254922\/california-digital-purchase-disclosure-law-ab-2426\">a new California law<\/a> targeting &#8220;false advertising&#8221; of &#8220;digital goods,&#8221; has added language to its checkout page to confirm that thinking. &#8220;A purchase of a digital product grants a license for the product on Steam,&#8221; the Steam cart now tells its customers, with a link to the Steam Subscriber Agreement further below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ars-img-shortcode id-2056026 align-center\">\n<div>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-11-at-1.28.47%E2%80%AFPM.png\" class=\"center full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-11-at-1.28.47\u202fPM.png 642w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-11-at-1.28.47\u202fPM-300x410.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-11-at-1.28.47\u202fPM-640x875.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\"\/>\n                  <\/div><figcaption>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org\/bills\/ca_202320240ab2426\">California&#8217;s AB2426 law<\/a>, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom Sept. 26, excludes subscription-only services, free games, and digital goods that offer &#8220;permanent offline download to an external storage source to be used without a connection to the internet.&#8221; Otherwise, sellers of digital goods cannot use the terms &#8220;buy, purchase,&#8221; or related terms that would &#8220;confer an unrestricted ownership interest in the digital good.&#8221; And they must explain, conspicuously, in plain language, that &#8220;the digital good is a license&#8221; and link to terms and conditions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/2024\/10\/steam-now-reminds-you-that-it-really-sells-a-license-for-a-digital-product\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There comes a point in most experienced Steam shoppers&#8217; lives where they wonder what would happen if their account was canceled or stolen, or perhaps they just stopped breathing. 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