If Purchase Isn’t Ownership, Piracy Isn’t Theft

Ubisoft Exec Says Gamers Need To Get Comfortable With "Not Owning Your Games" Ubisoft's director of subscriptions says that gamers need to start "feeling comfortable" with not owning the games they're playing. BY JOSHUA ROBERTSON PUBLISHED 8 HOURS AGO If purchase isn't ownership; then piracy isn't theft.

A news headline about Ubisoft encouraging gamers to become comfortable with not owning their games is overlaid on an image of Michael Jackson holding up his hands. The joke argues that if buying a game does not mean owning it, then illegally copying it cannot really be called theft. It is used as an anti-DRM and anti-subscription reaction to digital game ownership policies. EN: A news headline about Ubisoft encouraging gamers to become comfortable with not owning their games is overlaid on an image of Michael Jackson holding up his hands. The joke argues that if buying a game does not mean owning it, then illegally copying it cannot really be called theft. It is used as an anti-DRM and anti-subscription reaction to digital game ownership policies.

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