Activision retains all ownership rights to their games and software — you are only granted a limited license to use the product, and you cannot copy, modify, reverse engineer, or redistribute it.
Purchasing an Activision game gives you only a limited use license, not ownership — meaning you cannot resell, transfer, or modify the software, and Activision can revoke your access under certain conditions.
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Compare across platforms →You do not own Activision's games even after purchasing them; you only have a limited, revocable license to use them, meaning Activision can restrict or revoke your access.
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: The software license grant is governed by the Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.) and the first sale doctrine (17 U.S.C. § 109), which courts have generally held does not apply to digital software licenses (Vernor v. Autodesk, 621 F.3d 1102 (9th Cir. 2010)). The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. § 1030) may be implicated by provisions restricting reverse engineering. EU Software Directive (2009/24/EC) Art. 6 grants users limited reverse engineering rights for interoperability that cannot be contractually waived. The EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) and proposed right to repair legislation may further constrain IP restriction clauses in the EU.
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