LCP@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoGOG reportedly suffering from staff turnover and poor management: “Current business model is likely running out of steam”gameworldobserver.comexternal-linkmessage-square238fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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 day agomessage-square238fedilink
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 hours 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-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 hours agoIt’s less clear than you say. In principle the First-sale doctrine should apply but it has not caught up with reality yet.
minus-squareZeroOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 hours agoThat’s not how it works but hey, you do you
minus-squareSaltySalamander@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 hours 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-squareZeroOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 hours agoYeah & we still get to keep the installers, but hey I seriously do get your point
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.
It’s less clear than you say.
In principle the First-sale doctrine should apply but it has not caught up with reality yet.
and?
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