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Will we get a warning for license expirations?
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<blockquote data-quote="Alex Atkin UK" data-source="post: 154517" data-attributes="member: 1290"><p>Never say never, it CAN happen. Heck, if Valve went out of business and nobody picked up Steam we would lose EVERYTHING. That is the "beauty" of digital distribution.</p><p></p><p>Its why I hate the idea of an online only future. I love Netflix but its a PITA when the license expires when you are half way through a season. There have already been a few sites (one was comics as I recall) that closed down leaving people without the content they paid good money for. This is why they always say "you pay for a license to use the content" and ALWAYS give themselves the right to revoke the content at any time. Its just no company would dare to do it while still in business as they could be sued, but if they close the business you are so out of luck.</p><p></p><p>Nintendo are the only company I am aware of that do their DRM in such a way that if the service is taken offline it still works on the console you bought it for, because it locked to that console rather than a transferable license. Of course that has its own problems too if your console breaks or is stolen its a PITA to get your license back.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alex Atkin UK, post: 154517, member: 1290"] Never say never, it CAN happen. Heck, if Valve went out of business and nobody picked up Steam we would lose EVERYTHING. That is the "beauty" of digital distribution. Its why I hate the idea of an online only future. I love Netflix but its a PITA when the license expires when you are half way through a season. There have already been a few sites (one was comics as I recall) that closed down leaving people without the content they paid good money for. This is why they always say "you pay for a license to use the content" and ALWAYS give themselves the right to revoke the content at any time. Its just no company would dare to do it while still in business as they could be sued, but if they close the business you are so out of luck. Nintendo are the only company I am aware of that do their DRM in such a way that if the service is taken offline it still works on the console you bought it for, because it locked to that console rather than a transferable license. Of course that has its own problems too if your console breaks or is stolen its a PITA to get your license back. [/QUOTE]
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