California recently became the first state to ban deceptive sales of so-called “disappearing media.”

On Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2426 into law, protecting consumers of digital goods like books, movies, and video games from being duped into purchasing content without realizing access was only granted through a temporary license.

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    without realizing access was only granted through a temporary license.

    That phrasing has me concerend. Does this also cover the services being shut down?

    “This is a permanent licence until we go bankrupt and you can’t access the content anymore”

    Purchase/buy should mean you get a downloadable DRM free file. And thing else is a rental.