• trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I feel like here you get to the NFT problem of having proof of ownership of something doesn’t mean much when that thing is being hosted on servers you don’t control

    so if you have an entry with a licence for a steam game, and steam gets closed, you are out of luck

    • Cyrus Draegur@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      it’s that holding a license for a game entitles you to operating a copy of it regardless of where you bought it.

      it’s the whole basis for why emulation and ROM images were LEGAL

      because you had a right to retain a backup of the software you own through the license.

      with an independent licensing infrastructure, if GoG closes you can take your licenses with you, download the game from anywhere, and if anyone tries to charge you for stealing it, you can just present your license: “See, i bought it fair and square.”

      if i bought a dryer from SEARS, it didn’t stop being mine when SEARS closed.