Steam appears to have started posting a notice in its shopping cart that purchases on its storefront are only for a license and not a game, according to a notice spotted by Engadget. It looks like an attempt by the company to get ahead of a new California law coming next year that forces companies to admit that buyers don't actually own digital content. When you open your shopping cart with items inside and before going to payment, a notice at the bottom right states: "A purchase of a digital product grants a license for the product on Steam." This is the first time our editors have seen of a notice like this (and we use Steam a lot), so it appears to be relatively new. Engadget Last month California governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2426 into law, forcing digital marketplaces to make it clear to customers when they only purchase a license to access media. It will not apply to permanent offline downloads, only digital copies of video games, music, movies, TV shows or ebooks from an online storefront. Companies that fail to comply could face fines for false advertising if they don't explain in clear language the limitations of a given digital purchase. The law followed situations like Ubisoft deleting The Crew from player's libraries after the game's servers shuttered. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/steam-now-tells-gamers-up-front-that-theyre-buying-a-license-not-a-game-085106522.html?src=rss Continue reading at 'Engadget'
[ Engadget | 2024-10-11 08:51:06 UTC ]
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Little, Brown has confirmed it is pushing ahead with publication of A Warning, the new tell-all about Donald Trump's administration by an anonymous senior official, despite the US Department of Justice warning Hachette that the author may be violating "one or more" NDAs. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-05 14:37:22 UTC ]
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Indie 404 Ink has landed a part-memoir, part-investigation of how video games can positively impact mental health from journalist Joe Donnelly. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-31 16:31:20 UTC ]
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Independent bookshop Telling Tales has moved aboard a purpose-built canal boat to roam through London's canals and beyond. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-30 00:02:15 UTC ]
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The documentary explores how the bestselling author has been both celebrated and reviled. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2019-10-26 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Daunt Books Publishing has acquired debut novel The Coming Bad Days by poet and academic Sarah Bernstein. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-24 06:01:24 UTC ]
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The Brontë Parsonage Museum has launched a fundraising campaign to buy a rare manuscript by Charlotte Brontë. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-23 14:42:10 UTC ]
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United campaign by media companies highlights government moves to penalise whistleblowing and criminalise journalism • Lenore Taylor: Concrete action rather than nice words are needed on press freedomThe front page of every newspaper in Australia was blacked out on Monday as part of a campaign... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-10-20 22:51:36 UTC ]
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Bayer is on its second year of in-housing programmatic. At Digiday's Media Buyer Summit this week, the company shared how it set up its team. The post ‘We realized we could pull it off’: 2 years in, Bayer is on track to take all digital media buying in-house by 2020 appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-10-18 04:01:51 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan non-fiction publisher Robin Harvie has a new leadership manual, Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual, by American ex-Navy SEAL Jocko Willink. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-17 14:20:16 UTC ]
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Quercus and Flatiron have bought Romy Hausmann’s debut thriller Dear Child, which has shifted over 175,000 copies in Germany and been sold in 12 territories. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-17 03:20:00 UTC ]
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WH Smith has announced it is to buy US indie travel retailer Marshall Retail Group (MRG) for $400m. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 21:24:24 UTC ]
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Kirty Topiwala, Hodder’s new head of non-fiction, has pre-empted a "revolutionary" book by Oxford psychologist Elaine Fox in a six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 16:55:47 UTC ]
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But his memoir, “Beautiful on the Outside,” makes the comedic most of his low points. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-16 13:00:00 UTC ]
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New York City-based Hearst Magazines has entered into a multiyear license agreement with Crain Communications Inc. to operate Autoweek, a brand in the Detroit-based publishing company's portfolio. The deal is effective immediately, according to a Tuesday news release. Financial terms were not... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-15 21:53:10 UTC ]
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Publisher HarperCollins says Back is first and only account ‘directly from’ US golferFresh from a startling career comeback after years of battling injuries, sex addiction and tabloids, Tiger Woods has announced a new memoir titled Back in which he promises to tell his “definitive story”.The... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-10-15 15:31:34 UTC ]
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Having started with S. Fischer, Holzbrinck now has added its other publishing divisions to the IPR License Instant Permissions system. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson he marketplace for publishers to trade rights globally, IPR License, has continued to expand its global... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-10-15 11:57:26 UTC ]
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While you wait for Midnight in Salem's release, choose your favorite book genre and find something to play among these older Nancy Drew PC games. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-10-14 10:40:07 UTC ]
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The Edmund Kemper, audiobook narrator story is sensational. The work of The Blind Project, though, is vital, important, and worth knowing. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-10-14 10:35:39 UTC ]
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Liverpool indie Dead Ink has bought Cat Step, a novel by Alison Irvine, author of The Road is Red, in what publishing director Nathan Connolly called a "significant" acquisition. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-14 02:38:41 UTC ]
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Adrienne Brodeur’s memoir is a riveting account of what it was like to be her mother’s secret-keeper. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-11 14:00:00 UTC ]
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