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minus-squarenovember@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up73·2 days ago Consumers receive a license to access and use a game, not an unrestricted ownership interest in the underlying work,” the ESA wrote. We know. That’s the problem. Hurray for the POG Act, it’s very pog.
minus-squareKatana314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·2 days agoFeels like many times I’ve heard in my life: “We’d like to change this law.” “You can’t change this law. See, it’s written here: It’s the law.” “I’m…not contesting what it is. I’m saying I want to change it. We set it in place, we can make changes to it.” “…But that’d be…against the law…”
minus-squareSabinStargem@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·20 hours ago“It Is Difficult to Get a Man to Understand Something When His Salary Depends Upon His Not Understanding It.”
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 days agoThat logic works just fine if you have all the money and lawyers.
We know. That’s the problem.
Hurray for the POG Act, it’s very pog.
Feels like many times I’ve heard in my life:
“We’d like to change this law.”
“You can’t change this law. See, it’s written here: It’s the law.”
“I’m…not contesting what it is. I’m saying I want to change it. We set it in place, we can make changes to it.”
“…But that’d be…against the law…”
“It Is Difficult to Get a Man to Understand Something When His Salary Depends Upon His Not Understanding It.”
That logic works just fine if you have all the money and lawyers.