According to the class lecture four from Writing for New
Media class, some video game makers are pushing to make all games exclusively
downloadable. This topic interests me
and should be interesting to you, because this push to eliminate the
availability of physical products is a threat to our rights as consumers. The difference between purchase and ownership
of digital products and physical products is that physical products cannot be
taken away by the product’s creator.
Digital products and digital rentals are not protected by the First Sale
Rule, which protects the consumers’ ownership of a product purchased. We need to be wary of changing copyright laws
that favor the creator over the consumer.
If the trend to get rid of physical products becomes a norm then our
games, songs, and other media will not belong to us and can be taken away
without our consent.
