ylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agoYou can't take it with you, but you can't leave it for someone else either: Valve says you aren't allowed to bequeath a Steam account in a willwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1327arrow-down17
arrow-up1320arrow-down1external-linkYou can't take it with you, but you can't leave it for someone else either: Valve says you aren't allowed to bequeath a Steam account in a willwww.pcgamer.comylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·5 months ago (of the license to use the software, I know we don’t own “the game”). No, you don’t own the copyright, but you do own your individual copy. Don’t fall for the “licensed, not sold” self-serving propaganda.
minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·5 months agoI added the caveat simply because I didn’t want to get into it
No, you don’t own the copyright, but you do own your individual copy. Don’t fall for the “licensed, not sold” self-serving propaganda.
I added the caveat simply because I didn’t want to get into it