AB 2426: Consumer protection: false advertising: digital goods
Prohibits sellers of digital goods (games, apps, movies, music, ebooks) from advertising or selling with terms like "buy" or "purchase" unless the seller either provides a downloadable copy usable offline or receives an affirmative acknowledgment that the customer is buying a revocable license. Subscriptions and free goods are exempt. Signed September 24, 2024; operative January 1, 2025. Enforcement runs through California's false advertising law.