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Right now, the law forces you, the consumer, to give away your property, the copy of Assassin's Creed Liberation that you bought. (Don't believe me? Go ask a lawyer if it's legal to crack your copy's DRM to keep it working after they do this.)


> Go ask a lawyer if it's legal to crack your copy's DRM to keep it working after they do this.)

Seems legal in the US at least.

> Video games in the form of computer programs embodied in physical or downloaded formats that have been lawfully acquired as complete games, when the copyright owner or its authorized representative has ceased to provide access to an external computer server necessary to facilitate an authentication process to enable gameplay.”

https://www.pcgamesn.com/drm-copyright-infringement




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