00:00Let's be honest. We're all living a lie, and we know it. We talk about buying games on stores like
00:06Steam, but we know it's just a license that could be stripped away from us at a whim.
00:10U.S. Representative Richie Torres is taking aim at the problem.
00:13When you pay for a game, you should own it, he said recently, introducing the Power to the Players Act.
00:19If it becomes law, the bill will see the U.S. Federal Trade Commission create regulations that protect our ability
00:25to own and play purchased games.
00:28Consumers must have the right to own, the right to play, and the right to transfer the games they buy.
00:33A game that can be taken away the moment a company pulls the plug is not a purchase.
00:38It is a rental disguised as a sale.
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