Kinda really bullshit. This case states it’s not enough to get permission from the publisher. Now every digital store would need to get licenses for the assets of the content they’re selling, on top of a license for the final product.
And then they can sue the hosting company Valve uses for distributing the assets without a license, and the ISPs that transmit the assets without a license, and the speaker manufacturers for playing the assets without a license, and …
Which… Is kinda fuckin bullshit?
Kinda really bullshit. This case states it’s not enough to get permission from the publisher. Now every digital store would need to get licenses for the assets of the content they’re selling, on top of a license for the final product.
Absurd.
And then they can sue the hosting company Valve uses for distributing the assets without a license, and the ISPs that transmit the assets without a license, and the speaker manufacturers for playing the assets without a license, and …