• ImplyingImplicationsEnglish
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    2 months ago

    They paid for it, it’s their property

    They still have what they purchased–a game client. They couldn’t host their own server when they bought the game, why should they be expected to host their own server now?

    • MindTravellerEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Because that’s the only way to play the game.

      If I sell you a car that runs on special hydrogen fuel, and I sell the hydrogen fuel, and then I stop selling it, you should be allowed to find a new source of hydrogen fuel. The intellectual property rights should expire when the service is no longer sold, because that IP is necessary for the use of a product that has been sold.

      • ImplyingImplicationsEnglish
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        2 months ago

        If I sell you a car that runs on special hydrogen fuel, and I sell the hydrogen fuel, and then I stop selling it, you should be allowed to find a new source of hydrogen fuel.

        Exactly. You sold me a car that runs on fuel you produced. You decide you’re no longer going to run the machines that produce the fuel. Do I get a copy of your machines so I can produce the fuel myself? No, those are your machines. I didn’t buy the machines that produce fuel, I bought a car. A car I still have.