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Sony lawyers argue that nobody is stupid enough to believe they actually own digital games, because then only one person could buy GTA 6 (www.gamesradar.com)

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[–] BuckFutter@timeyak.com 70 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Ahh the old foxnews approach…no reasonable person blah blah

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[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

Jedi mind tricks only work on the simple minded.

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[–] BuckFutter@timeyak.com 8 points 2 months ago

Indeed, but it seems like they have been incentivized with all the idiots in charge wielding their magic wands lol

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[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

That's just contract law. Everything is from the stance of what you would assume a reasonable actor or "person" would do in the situation.

Like normally if consideration (the act of pressing the button) was a button that said purchase or buy a reasonable actor would expect ownership.

Their lawyers have to frame everything that way, even if they are obviously wrong.

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