🃏Joker@sh.itjust.works to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 30 days agoDo I Really Own the Digital Media I Bought?www.digitalrightsbytes.orgexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up155arrow-down1external-linkDo I Really Own the Digital Media I Bought?www.digitalrightsbytes.org🃏Joker@sh.itjust.works to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 30 days agomessage-square16fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·30 days agoI do own the games I bought from GOG, not the ones I licenced from Steam.
minus-square🃏Joker@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down3·30 days agoYou can’t legally donate, resell or share the games you bought from both companies. You don’t own your games.
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·30 days agoOh, I don’t care about what’s legal. At least with GOG there’s no DRM so it can’t physically stop me doing what I want with them.
minus-squareDraconic NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·29 days agoMany Steam games don’t have DRM either. Just no nice installers like with GOG. Ones which have Steam launch requirement can be launched without it via Steam Emulators or custom SteamAPI.dll
I do own the games I bought from GOG, not the ones I licenced from Steam.
You can’t legally donate, resell or share the games you bought from both companies.
You don’t own your games.
Oh, I don’t care about what’s legal. At least with GOG there’s no DRM so it can’t physically stop me doing what I want with them.
Many Steam games don’t have DRM either. Just no nice installers like with GOG. Ones which have Steam launch requirement can be launched without it via Steam Emulators or custom SteamAPI.dll