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 ]
This story first ran in DC Inno, a sister publication of the Boston Business Journal. Storyblocks, a digital content company in the Washington, D.C. area, has struck a deal to sell to private equity firm Great Hill Partners, more than a decade after the company’s launch as a stock video... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-06-25 22:32:04 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2020-06-25 21:05:12 UTC ]
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Ahead of TikTok's presentation at the 2020 Digital Content NewFronts, the company released a new umbrella brand called TikTok for Business for its advertiser offerings. TikTok, a newcomer to NewFronts, adapted its vertical-first format for a horizontal presentation. The main message to brands in... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2020-06-25 21:01:24 UTC ]
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Arlington’s Storyblocks has struck a deal to sell to private equity firm Great Hill Partners, more than a decade after the digital content company’s launch as a stock video platform. The parties did not disclose a purchase price in their announcement Thursday, and a Storyblocks spokesperson... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-06-25 17:32:16 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2020-06-24 22:02:37 UTC ]
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At the 2020 Digital Content NewFronts today, three companies presented about the future of audio--a visual sales pitch for an aural medium. National Public Radio and American Public Media's Marketplace each put their radio and podcast hosts front-and-center, selling reliable news and audience... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2020-06-24 21:17:51 UTC ]
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If there’s one thing that the pandemic has taught the publishing industry, it's that it must be prepared for anything. This was not only true in terms of how publishers were forced to manage their businesses through an unprecedented economic crisis, but also how they planned, produced and... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-06-24 11:00:28 UTC ]
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Give the little ones some tools to better understand this unprecedented event with these free children's books about coronavirus. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-06-24 10:37:25 UTC ]
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[ Book Riot | 2020-06-24 10:37:25 UTC ]
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OverDrive—the digital learning platform for libraries and schools—has announced it is acquiring RBmedia's library business. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-24 09:38:04 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2020-06-23 20:11:12 UTC ]
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[ Folio Magazine | 2020-06-23 18:20:35 UTC ]
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As libraries begin to reopen around the country, patrons are excited to get back to borrowing books—but they’re also still nervous about COVID-19, which is understandable. At least some of them have been “getting creative” in their attempts to protect themselves, prompting at least one public... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-06-23 18:08:53 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2020-06-22 22:25:58 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-22 22:02:41 UTC ]
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[ AdWeek | 2020-06-22 12:41:43 UTC ]
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[ AdWeek | 2020-06-22 11:00:36 UTC ]
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[ Book Riot | 2020-06-22 10:32:03 UTC ]
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[ AdWeek | 2020-06-22 00:00:40 UTC ]
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[ AdWeek | 2020-06-19 12:00:45 UTC ]
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