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Which is as moronic as the other one. 2nd hand is a big deal. Sure for these sold copies you get nothing but hey that's like selling cars which blow up once you try to sell it to somebody else. It's just a brain-fucked idea to do it. Some shops around here even exist mainly due to 2nd hand business.
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Plus limiting resale is of questionable legality. You buy the game, you own the game, you can do what you like with the game.
If that's the legal opinion for AutoCAD, it's certainly going to be the opinion for games... They can claim EULA, but that claim has no legal relevance unless the courts agree with it.
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Their reasoning is that while "business productivity" software can be sold as volume license packages, and lots of money can be made through forced updates and tech support, games do not have any of that. The only source of income from entertaintment software is through the good ole retail shelf sales.
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Originally posted by RobbieAB View PostPlus limiting resale is of questionable legality. You buy the game, you own the game, you can do what you like with the game.
But fact is that it limits 2nd hand resale (or giving it to a friend for free after finishing it), and I think that is the sole reason why such a "copy protection" exists today.
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Originally posted by Julius View PostThat's why they would never admit that is to limit 2nd hand resale, and always talk about the "pirates".
But fact is that it limits 2nd hand resale (or giving it to a friend for free after finishing it), and I think that is the sole reason why such a "copy protection" exists today.
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Originally posted by RobbieAB View PostPlus limiting resale is of questionable legality. You buy the game, you own the game, you can do what you like with the game.
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