New Law Targets Digital Goods Licensing Products In California

New California Law Forces Stores To Admit You Don't Own Digital Games

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00:00While, pretty much every digital storefront says you're purchasing your games, the nasty

00:04little secret is that you're only ever buying a license to access any given title.

00:09California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new law that'll come into effect next year,

00:14which essentially bars digital stores from using words like buy when you're spending

00:18money on digital goods like games, movies and music.

00:22Most stores reserve the right to revoke that license if they so choose, and as a new California

00:27law forces stores to actually admit that fact, the DRM-free outlet GOG is reminding

00:33PC gamers that you can live in a world where digital games are yours to keep.

00:38If only there was a storefront that actually lets you own your games, GOG joked on Twitter

00:43in the wake of the news.

00:44The storefront, which is owned by Witcher and Cyberpunk parent company CD Projekt, made

00:49its name by selling DRM-free versions of digital games in contrast to the bigger digital PC

00:55stores like Steam.