Episode 53
Virtual Legality #53 - No, "Games as a Service" Isn't Fraud: A Response to Accursed Farms (Hoeg Law)
May 1, 20191h 45m
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Show Notes
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(0:00) Opening
(3:03) "Games as a service" is fraud.
(12:28) You own the software that you purchase, and any claims otherwise are urban myth or corporate propaganda
(30:23) EU Court: When You Buy Software You Own It
(32:20) Exclusive rights in copyrighted works
(35:51) No, you don’t own it: Court upholds EULAs, threatens digital resale
(40:51) SUPREME COURT BOOSTS RIGHT TO RESELL COPYRIGHTED GOODS
(47:07) Impression Products v Lexmark
(51:04) Definition of "Fraud"
(52:32) Vudu Terms and Conditions
(56:00) "The Division" Box
(57:39) Ubisoft EULA
(1:37:53) Unfair methods of competition unlawful; prevention by Commission