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Spec Ops: The Line permanently removed from Steam and other digital stores (www.theverge.com)
submitted 10 months ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world
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Something something digital ownership

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[โ€“] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Perpetual sync rights licenses aren't unheard of, but typically these require an ongoing revenue split of sales or a big up front. More often than not, limited rights are used to save scratch and because its going to be for a set period, like 30 days (for an ad campaign).

In fact, I wouldn't be shocked if Take Two opted for perpetual, and decided they won't afford a per unit sale anymore, and pulled the game to stop paying.

[โ€“] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 2 points 10 months ago

So basically music rights owners are too greedy and demand so much money for a reasonable license they have publishers can't afford it? Sounds about right.