Sony reminded PlayStation owners that they are buying licenses, not digital versions of games
This summer, Sony announced that it would stop releasing discs with PlayStation games. This did not please some players, who continue to criticize the company's decision online.
The Verge journalist Tom Warren drew attention to a recent Sony newsletter. PlayStation users received a notification stating that they had accepted several license agreements — the Terms of Service, Code of Conduct, End User License Agreement, and Privacy Policy.
Particular attention was drawn to clause 1.4 License to you, in which Sony explains that when purchasing a digital copy, the user does not acquire the game itself (ownership), but is granted a license to use it.
In this case, Software refers to games, DLC, etc.:
The Software is licensed, not sold, to you. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and personal license to run or use the Software for your personal, non-commercial use on the system or device for which it is intended. This license is effective only from the specified release date of the Software, early access start date, or beta release date. All rights in the Software not expressly granted to you under this license are reserved by us, including all intellectual property rights in the Software.
This is not a new rule; a similar provision has long been in the PlayStation agreement.
It so happened that this newsletter occurred against the backdrop of a boycott planned for late August. Some users intend to temporarily refuse to connect to PlayStation services to show Sony their demand for physical copies of games.
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