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PlayStation founder Ken Kutaragi says discs became "metaphor for 'owning' games", and that upset at their discontinuation is a "mentality issue" (www.eurogamer.net)
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[–] 97 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

Again, we know that we don't own Crash Bandicot, the IP, but, we wanna own a copy of a game that features Crash Bandicot.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 weeks ago

    No one is trying to claim they own the IP, and no one is claiming they own the source code to the game either.

    That seems to be the way all these fucking companies try to frame things to justify telling you to pay them and then fuck off. They're trying to justify having you pay them for nothing, and then enforce it legally.

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  • [–] 38 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

    And nobody struggles with this for books. Not one soul.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    Are you unaware of digital book markets?

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  • [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    Digital book markets are why I will never fully switch from physical books. I prefer to own my shit and give it away if I want, can’t do that with an ebook or a downloaded game.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    I just strip DRM the second I download the ebook using calibre. Sharing becomes as trivial as attaching to a message.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    I don’t know how to do that. Liked I’m glad the tech exists, but I don’t have the motivation to learn how to do that or start a server, I just want to read 😅 I just go to the library or one of the many independent bookstores close to me.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    I think SpiceDAO struggled with this, but that's not "a soul" lol. They bought some rare Dune book or something thinking it gave them rights to it? I don't remember the specifics.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    Pointing to a group of plainly delusional idiots is technically a counterexample.

    See also those crypto-dolts who (IIRC) made a knockoff of Magic The Gathering: Online and dismissed legal threats by figuring they'd make so much money they could just buy Wizards Of The Coast.

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