Senator Ron is widespread because the government forced the companies to make the buyer clear that they received when they bought online digital media.
Expanding in a letter to FTC is searching for a manual to “make sure that consumers who buy or digital products can decide wisely and understand what their ownership they receive.” Consumers should know. How long the license has a lifetime and whether they are able to transfer or sell a license (Generally not) Verge before report In the letter
Due to the annoying problems of copyright technology, DRM consumers buy online content such as movies and TV programs – not the owner of the original meaning. Buying digital movies from Amazon or games from Microsoft are linked to online accounts and buyers often get “license” to access. There are also limitations. Amazon is not possible to download E- Books bought from stores and used with other types of devices that are not smoke or sell.
There is already a good printing in the e -commerce platform that summarizes the rights of consumers. But the wide seam is assumed that these details will be clearly stated before and after the purchase
Ancient proverbs. “You will have nothing to own and you like.” Using here, most consumers will not “Own” What is digital as long as the company has limitations about how to use after buying? Software is a problem: you may be the owner of the Xbox or a Google Nest camera, but simple updates or stop support can be useless and have consumers unable to do.
Especially when talking about these limitations, there are a lot of fighting with copyright infringement. But it makes the consumer experience that is worse and beneficial to large technology companies. When consumers buy electronic books from Amazon, they tend to expect that this book is their. But they cannot do simple things such as Download files and use on non -Kindle devices. Or sell books to other people While these policies are under the mask of prevention of theft, they also benefit from Amazon's liking, causing people to be trapped in their ecosystems and limited any secondary market.
The media company does not want even consumers who buy content at all. Streaming has become a business model that is desired because it generates regular revenue and can expand the overall market – many consumers may become Xbox gamers. If they can pay a low monthly fee for access. buy
The problem of the right to own digital may seem to be related and consumers who are satisfied with the streaming may not be interested. But other grassroots movements, such as the right repair has been successful in Allowing consumers to control more More than the products they bought In the end, it was a good thing, although there was only a small amount of people who used the company for their own benefit and the role of the government to step in when necessary. Most people will not try to fix their own iPhone, but it is difficult to argue that they should prevent that.
What the United States needs critics, that is First sales doctrine For digital products The doctrine is a legal concept that is processed in copyright laws that give the rights to buyers in the media purchased without permission from the copyright owner. It has never been used with digital products because digital media download is considered a repeat.