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  • Hot take: I think the battle for ownership is focusing in the wrong thing a bit.

    Everyone is pushing for the rights of keeping the game alive after support ends, but in the move to digital I'm much more concerned with the loss of second hand markets.

    Historically, my concern hasn't been running a 2005 game in 2025. Emulation tends to find ways. My concern is that this generation I was able to game at about 10 bucks per game (buying for 30 selling for 20 after I'm done, roughly) and the next generation is shaping at 100/game. That's a 10x increase in practice for the hobby.

    by torben-friis
  • I was thinking about this problem; the solution would be that when you buy a game you get certificate of ownership, meaning that you can invoke your ownership right at any games distribution platform e.g. Steam, EGS and GOG or any console digital store. But the problem is that there would be a backlash by aforementioned games distribution platforms and publishers because they want you to buy the game wherever you go and wherever you play.
    by mrkramer
  • Isn't this basically an announcement of an announcement?

    One senator makes a press release saying that he plans to introduce a bill protecting game ownership.

    It's not clear if this bill has any chance of being voted in - and even if it does, we have no idea what is actually in the bill.

    by xg15
  • "announced he will introduce"

    He hasn't introduced squat. I complained about this two days ago [1][2]. It's incredibly disingenuous to pretend to announce legislation while keeping the text–possibly unwritten–secret.

    (Torres is running for reëlection as a Democrat in a solid-D district [3].)

    [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50123852

    [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50123154

    [3] https://www.cookpolitical.com/house/race/483646

    by JumpCrisscross
  • Won’t go anywhere, these bills are usually for lobbyist and company shakedowns, think of it as fundraising for the Democratic Party.
    by krylonmae
  • We should give our money to folks like GOG (www.gog.com) who provide DRM-free games, all downloadable and playable offline. no need to be online. No need to create an account. no need to play (heh) by someone else's rules.
    by m463
  • Even better would be broad copyright reforms. Fair Use needs to be expanded and clarified. History has shown players are able to keep games alive themselves by emulators, reverse engineering, custom servers, etc. Expand Fair Use to say that these things are protected if needed to keep the game functional.
    by Buttons840
  • The headline makes it sound like this is specific to NY, but this is a national bill introduced in the House by a NY rep.
    by dabinat

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