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GOG will let you bequeath your game library to someone else as long as you can prove you're actually dead (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 56 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (9 children)

Title of PCGamer's article is misleading, they want a court order to do it. Proof of death is not enough.

"In general, your GOG account and GOG content is not transferable. However, if you can obtain a copy of a court order that specifically entitles someone to your GOG personal account, the digital content attached to it taking into account the EULAs of specific games within it, and that specifically refers to your GOG username or at least email address used to create such an account, we'd do our best to make it happen. We're willing to handle such a situation and preserve your GOG library—but currently we can only do it with the help of the justice system."

They have to do that anyway. Court orders overrule a company's policies in most (all?) legal systems.

[–] warm@kbin.earth 8 points 1 month ago (6 children)

The fuck do they mean they will try?

"Oh no there's no way we could possibly break out of these invisible shackles we put on ourselves"

[–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The whole thing is vaguely and noncomittally worded, it promises basically nothing.

Take this bit for example:

taking into account the EULAs of specific games within it

In other words: talk to the individual publishers of each game and get their permission :P At which point GOG's involvement is almost irrelevant, if you have the publisher's consent then they might as well give you a copy.

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