Phil doing what Don couldn’t

    • Kichae
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      102 years ago

      They don’t. They clarify that owning a copy of the game does not confer copyright ownership, and they outline public performance rights, but it’s ownership over a physical object in the same way owning a lamp is, or perhaps more appropriately, the way in which owning a book is.

      If you say that you “own a copy of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell,” no one crawls out of the work to argue IP and copyright law. Everyone understands what is meant.

      This is no different.

      • lemonflavoured
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        32 years ago

        Given the wording of some EULAs that’s debatable. Not that those clauses would be enforceable if anyone actually tried, mind you.