US Rep proposes bill to give video game buyers "ownership," not "a license"(arstechnica.com)

19 pointsby pseudolus8 hours ago3 comments

WalterGR7 hours ago
Submitted 15 hours ago, 181 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50136536
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metalman4 hours ago
I think going with something like the automotive model is the best all round idea , so you can own the game but you have buy a permit to use it, which I am sure is all in the fine print in all of these 'bills', cause they dont call them that for nothing!
bhouston7 hours ago
Richie Torres is such a net negative to the US. He is so right wing on foreign policy that he might as well be a republican.
- InTheArena7 hours ago
  That’s your takeaway from this article? Someone who’s pushing on an issue that affects everyone and could be cross-partisan and get attention to the fact that media companies are robbing us blind and your complaint is he isnt ideologically pure enough for your conception of the Democratic Party, and the only thing that matters is the parties?
  - bhouston7 hours ago
    Anyone like him that excuses what is happening in Gaza and opposing holding back any arm sales to Israel is not a good person in general. The amount of PR around this initiaitove seems like it is a favor by his donors to try and make up for the reputation costs he has paid to support their causes.
    It isn’t ideological purity, it is Torres is a bad dude and supports what the majority in the US believes is a genocide.
    ThePinion39 minutes ago
    He doesn't support your preferred terrorist organization in this situation of both sides are evil, got it.