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9/16/2015 1:06:46 AM
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And some games came with a single key code to prevent disc sharing. [b] This concept is not new[/b]. What is new is the fact that we have moved from discs to digital, and now the industry is moving to protect their copyrights in the same fashion. Some games allow gamesharing as a way for people to try before they buy. Each developer makes that decision. With year two Bungie is doing away with that, and going to one account per purchase. They have the right as the developer to distribute their content as they see fit. What's left to decide is whether or not consumers agree with this. Only time will tell. But Bungie is not the first, and they are definitely not the last to tie content to individual purchasers.
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I'll disagree with you here. Microsoft Digital DRM licenses are quite explicit, 1 local license for the original console, and 1 system license for the Xbox Live Account. I don't believe publishers have the right to alter this policy. I know some games have some content usually online that requires an unlock code. I choose not to play those games. I have no problem with every Xbox Live account needing a copy of the content to play, but this was not clearly laid out before purchase, and even counter to the product description online. If you want to require per account purchases they the content needs to be priced accordingly.
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Developers have the ability to restrict media usage rights via DRM to just the system license. In this case thoes rights extend only to the gamertag/account that purchased the content. This is a cyclical argument which all falls back to DRM, and how restrictive it can and should be. There is no clear law especially with digital downloading. This is the classic case of technology out pacing our legal system.
