California will force companies to admit you don't own digital content
California will force companies to admit you don't own digital content
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tl;dr
California's new law will require digital storefronts to clarify that consumers are buying licenses, not outright ownership of digital goods.
The law forces companies to use distinct language when selling digital media to specify license terms to avoid false advertising fines.
The law goes into effect next yea, but won't apply to companies that offer “permanent offline downloads” of digital goods.
“permanent offline downloads”
How can anyone offer that?
It shouldn't be that hard, gog.com manages to do it
Oh I thought they meant having the content permanently available for download, which is impossible. Thanks for the clarification!
- GoG
- Itch.io
- BandCamp
- iTunes Music Store (it’s still around but can be hard to find because of Apple Music streaming service)
- Amazon’s music store (but it’s crap quality and they put audio watermarks in it - don’t use them while the two above options exist)
- Comixology before Amazon bought and deleted them
- Occasionally there are websites where you can purchase video content for download, but it’s quite rare. I remember buying anime from such a site before.
Google play music used to offer it as well.