Industry lobbyists ridicule "false premise" that "consumers 'own' digital games" amid Stop Killing Games fight
The Entertainment Software Association thinks it's pretty obvious that you own nothing its members produce
The Entertainment Software Association thinks it's pretty obvious that you own nothing its members produce
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