{"id":64939,"date":"2024-09-26T15:36:08","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T19:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pappp.net\/?guid=c2f86cd8fb78949740542951ce2265f7"},"modified":"2024-09-26T15:36:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T19:36:08","slug":"sony-ubisoft-scandals-prompt-calif-ban-on-deceptive-sales-of-digital-goods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=64939","title":{"rendered":"Sony, Ubisoft scandals prompt Calif. ban on deceptive sales of digital goods"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Ars Technica<\/a><\/p>\n

Article note: We needed this regulation widely implemented like 20 years ago.\nIf it isn't covered by first sale doctrine, you aren't \"buying\" it.\nIf a vendor controlled server controls your access, you aren't \"buying\" it.<\/div>
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California recently became the first state to ban deceptive sales of so-called \"disappearing media.\"<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed<\/a> AB 2426 into law, protecting consumers of digital goods like books, movies, and video games from being duped into purchasing content without realizing access was only granted through a temporary license.<\/p>\n

Sponsored by Democratic assemblymember Jacqui Irwin, the law makes it illegal to \"advertise or offer for sale a digital good to a purchaser with the terms buy, purchase, or any other term which a reasonable person would understand to confer an unrestricted ownership interest in the digital good, or alongside an option for a time-limited rental.\"<\/p><\/div>

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