alt Hacker News> I have no problem with Sony not offering DRM free versions of games that I can still download and play with the store. But if that goes away -> you must give me a path to local ownership.
I worry about shenanigans where you "buy" the game from a shell company and that shell company "folds" and doesn't uphold it's promises. Same is true for a smaller, but not shell, company. If the non-DRM version isn't already created and held in trust, then it's not trustworthy.
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account42 • today at 11:58 AM
"Current copyright holder is ultimately liable for making all buyers whole." Problem solved.
maccard • yesterday at 10:05 PM
This is absolutely what the SKG movement would have fast tracked - combined with all the Hollywood accounting that comes with it.
We should require companies to submit a DRM-free version of their product to the US copyright office in order to get copyright protection. If the company goes under, or the copyright term expires, the US Copyright office should then provide those files to the people free of charge.