[MBCook]

No. Thats the whole point.

The point is you have no rights digital or physical. That’s the problem.

Disc are not magic totems. There is nothing promising you the disc you will work in 10 years, 10 months, 10 days. Nothing ensuring that you can resell it for >$0. They could trivially make the disc hold a one-time redemption for the game.

If you buy a physical used copy of Anthem can you play it? Nope. They could do that with single player games.

What’s the resale value of, effectively, a coaster? Can you lend it to a friend? Your current rights are about the coaster. Not the software.

You happen to have abilities with physical discs because of tradition. You’re not guaranteed those. Digital makes that obvious.

This is a rights issue.

[saghm]

> Disc are not magic totems. There is nothing promising you the disc you will work in 10 years, 10 months, 10 days. Nothing ensuring that you can resell it for >$0. They could trivially make the disc hold a one-time redemption for the game.

I think the funniest thing about all of this to me is that we're literally talking about the company that put rootkits on their CDs to try to stop the content from being used in a way they didn't like. They might literally have the worst track record in history when it comes to predatory consumer behavior related to discs, and people are trying to get them to keep making them.

[MBCook]

That was Sony music, not Sony Computer Entertainment.

Different divisions of a mega corp.

We know divisions fight. The hardware business had to make MiniDisc worse so Sony Music wouldn’t be too mad.