Rep. Ritchie Torres plans a bill to protect digital game ownership

Kotaku reports Rep. Ritchie Torres plans to introduce the Power To The Players Act, which would direct the FTC to write rules protecting video game ownership. The proposed bill would require digital game sellers to give buyers more than licenses that can expire, while games with online features would need offline modes that keep working after servers shut down. Torres calls a game that can be taken away when a company pulls the plug “a rental disguised as a sale.”