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,

00:04the nasty little 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

00:17when you're spending money on digital goods like games, movies, and music.

00:22Most stores reserve the right to revoke that license if they so choose,

00:26and as a new California law forces stores to actually admit that fact,

00:30the DRM3 outlet GOG is reminding PC gamers that you can live in a world where digital games are yours to keep.

00:37If only there was a storefront that actually lets you own your games, GOG joked on Twitter in the wake of the news.

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

00:49made its name by selling DRM3 versions of digital games in contrast to the bigger digital PC stores

00:55like Steam.