HN trunks the url

https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Sony_PlayStation_digital_game_...

> "Were that the case, then Plaintiff Edward Heycock would not have been able to obtain the game Resident Evil Requiem on February 25, 2026 for $69.99 from the PlayStation Store after Plaintiff Jason Mendoza had obtained Resident Evil Requiem on February 14, 2026, because Mr. Mendoza, not Sony, would have owned it then"

I buy a book. I now own the copy of that book. My friend buys the book. They also own a copy of that book. We do not own the same copy of that book

Sony's lawyers really picked a strange hill to die on here... even if they win, the precedence will screw over Sony, at least in marketing.

Seems like we need some copyright reform WRT issues like this. We need a true way to have digital ownership; including putting assets in escrow and a way for access to continue after the store is shut down or the item removed from the store.

> In the digital age, it is not plausible to allege that reasonable consumers believed they were obtaining "ownership" of a digital game.

So their argument really is that it is unreasonable for anybody to believe they own any of the things they download or purchase digitally? What a leap there.

I mean thats as plain english as you can get to an official rubber stamp on "you will own nothing and you will be happy".

And then they want to have it both ways by interchangeably using the words "revocable license" and "ownership" when it suits their needs. License in small writing/text, but "own" in anything the user might actually reasonably read.