cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/18457741

I realize that, after all this time, I have never payed for my all-time favorite games I grew up playing (Fallout 3 & Skyrim). I can pay for it, but I really do not want to pay the money to the Bethesda’s marketing team, CEO, and whoever bullshit middle man who wants a cut of that. I want to give directly to the team that made the damn game, the artists, the sound designers, the voice actors, the programmers. If there was a way to do that, i’d be more happily inclined to spend my money on a decade year old game.

Just thinking

What are your ideas of how this could actually be implemented?

    • wiki_me@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      7 months ago

      the distinction between big and small companies is artificial , a big company can still have a small product with low profit margins, and both big and small companies can be managed by the same mutual funds and pension funds (vanguard , blackrock, fidelity etc).

        • Bruce Perens K6BP@mastodon.radio
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          7 months ago

          @wiki_me @vk6flab In response to your comment, I made these changes to my draft:

          2.5 YOU are:
          A) The legal entity exercising RESTRICTED RIGHTS under these terms.
          B) any other legal entities in which the entity of part A holds
          5% ownership or greater or equivalent control without ownership
          C) Any legal entity with 5% or more ownership in the entity of part A
          or equivalent control without ownership.

          (continued)

          • Bruce Perens K6BP@mastodon.radio
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            7 months ago

            @wiki_me @vk6flab

            Where the above definition contains multiple legal entities, all are
            subject to these terms, including the sections regarding termination.
            [This is to avoid the situation in which a company creates a legal entity
            specifically for the purpose of entering into these terms while insulating
            the rest of the company from their effect.]

            YOUR is the possessive or adjective form of YOU.

            (continued)

            • Bruce Perens K6BP@mastodon.radio
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              7 months ago

              @wiki_me @vk6flab

              …

              [3.2] a) The end-user revenue through all legal entities defined as YOU
              exceeds USD$5 Million per YEAR. …

              This has not yet been subject to legal review, and of course may change when it does.

              Thanks

              Bruce