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California signs a law that will make digital game stores fess up about your lack of ownership of what you're buying

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What you need to know

  • Governor of the State of California, Gavin Newsom, has signed in to a law legislation that will force digital stores to finally be up front and honest about exactly what it is you're buying. 
  • Digital content, including games, video content, music, and e-books, will have to be sold with a disclaimer that you're not buying the product, merely a digital license to use it. 
  • The law comes into effect next year, and will be applicable in every instance that doesn't offer a full offline download and keep option for the product. 
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