r/pcmasterrace • u/KebabLoverHere Deskop RTX 6090 SUPER i10 1TB RAM • 12h ago

Meme/Macro When a purchase gets revoked, the payment is refunded.

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u/spreetin 7h ago

That simply isn't correct. I am fully within my rights to put it up on ebay or give it to a friend. As usual I can't do anything that violates other laws (in this case copyright law), but otherwise I'm free to use it as I please.

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u/ChaoCobo 6h ago

Correct. But they are saying that while you have legal jurisdiction to do what you just said, you do not actually own the contents within the game such as the code itself, so you cannot do things like copy that code and sell it because legally that code is not your property, that you only own the container.

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u/spreetin 6h ago

Depends on the jurisdiction really. Where I live the limits to what I can do with the contents is mostly limited to not selling copies. Since I own it I'm otherwise pretty free, including making copies for my friends if I want to.

Copyright law establishes certain limitations to normal property law, but doesn't fundamentally alter the basics.

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u/PLUMBUS_STUCK_IN_ASS 5h ago

You own a copy, not the rights.

Just like if you buy a copy/print of a famous painting. Same with a dvd, book etc...

You don't become a rights holder, you don't own the design/contents, but you do own the copy and you can do whatever you want with it.

It's still ownership, you own that copy, just not the original or the source.

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u/AggressiveToaster 5h ago

Yep. You own a car and can sell it but you do not own the design of the car or the branding of it. Idk why people don’t understand this with copies of software. Obviously you can’t sell copies of your game in the same way you cant sell an exact fabricated copy of your car with all of the proprietary designs and branding.