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.
About god-damned time someone did something about that.
Not great that it had to be California legislating it for the rest of the country but we’d pass out if we held our breath on Congress doing anything useful
From an international perspective it does seem to be the only way you guys get any progressive laws implemented. Perhaps you should move the capital
without realizing access was only granted through a temporary license.
That phrasing has me concerend. Does this also cover the services being shut down?
“This is a permanent licence until we go bankrupt and you can’t access the content anymore”
Purchase/buy should mean you get a downloadable DRM free file. And thing else is a rental.
This is an important first step in the right direction. Given the state of consumer law saying “anything goes if you agree to it” this may be the best initial way to start discouraging the practice of always online everything, helping preservation and being honest with consumers.
what’s the defense? “people won’t buy it if they know they won’t own it!!! we’re entitled to all the money everywhere!!!”
it’s not enough to have their cake and eat it too–they’re after your cake also
Don’t worry, deceptive sales are still allowed everywhere else…
Having it in Cali is the first step to it eventually being in more of the country. This is a good thing
