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Sony, Ubisoft scandals prompt California ban on deceptive sales of digital goods (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 day ago by captainkangaroo@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world

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California recently became the first state to ban deceptive sales of so-called "disappearing media."

On Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2426 into law, protecting consumers of digital goods like books, movies, and video games from being duped into purchasing content without realizing access was only granted through a temporary license.

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago

No they're clever they only agree to arbitration if you're suing them not the other way around. They are very careful to make that explicitly clear