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If you cannot pass on your ownership rights to your purchased games to your children, then you cannot pass on your copyright either, I guess?

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[-] lowleveldata@programming.dev 31 points 5 months ago

How do they know that I'm dead? Have they attended my funeral?

[-] Sebastrion@leminal.space 40 points 5 months ago

Yes, Gaben personally goes to every funeral and tells your beloved ones "Hello, I'm Gabe Newell and this was one of our best costumers"

[-] lowleveldata@programming.dev 17 points 5 months ago

In that case I won't be complaining that my family can't keep my account with all the hentai games

[-] Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 months ago

Gotta find someone worthy of inhereting your exquisite library

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

It doesn't matter. You can't do it if you're alive, either.

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 months ago

Yes you can, you many not be allowed to, but you absolutely can.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

No, you can't transfer your account to someone else. You can give someone else your password, but that doesn't make them the official owner.

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