US Rep proposes bill to give video game buyers "ownership," not "a license"

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA U.S. Representative has proposed a bill so video game buyers get ownership instead of a license, Ars Technica reports.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWatch the button here, because it says Buy.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd it doesn't mean buy?

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFrame one, you click Buy. Frame two, money leaves. Frame three, you get terms and conditions. Nobody has ever scrolled past frame three faster.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo I've been renting all these years, and I dusted the shelf for a landlord.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentArs says there are still big technical and legislative hurdles, so the bill has a long run ahead of it.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA law to make a word mean what it says. Parliament would need a decade and a biscuit budget.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentCan I at least own the receipt?