jaywalker
Member since: Feb 22nd, 2006
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| Blog | # of Comments |
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| Joystiq | 21 Comments |
| Engadget | 3 Comments |
| Joystiq Xbox | 1 Comment |
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May 2nd 2009 7:07AM (Joystiq)Sonic Boom! Relive Street Fighter cartoon's best moments
Mar 11th 2009 1:41AM (Joystiq)Joyswag: Fallout 3 Exclusive Survival Edition + Vault Boy puppet
Nov 1st 2008 1:19AM (Joystiq)Bungie: Game companies should pocket money from used sales
Sep 27th 2008 7:57AM (Joystiq)You seriously need to take ONE business law class and LEARN SOMETHING.
What you're saying would violate the First Sale Doctrine. To summarize, this doctrine states that once you purchase a CD/DVD/etc. you are free to do with that copy what you would like (sell/play/use as a coaster). You own both the license for that copy and the physical copy of the game itself. However, the license is attached to the physical copy so no making copies and selling the physical item.
To simplify things, once you buy the game, it's out of the developer's hands. To charge some sort of "licensing fee" after the sale would be double-dipping. Can you imagine car companies trying to charge a "reseller's fee" when someone tried to sell their used car? It doesn't make any sense, does it?
Believe me, I'm all for seeing developers make great games and succeeding, but violating the First Sale Doctrine and double-dipping sales is not "earning" anything from me (including my dollar).
Joyswag: Samsung 22" widescreen LCD monitor
Aug 5th 2008 5:03AM (Joystiq)Joyswag: Win a Kojima-signed copy of MGS4
Jun 17th 2008 5:11PM (Joystiq)Joyswag: PlayStation 3 (40GB)
Jun 3rd 2008 1:39AM (Joystiq)Joyswag: Win Mass Effect's 'Bring Down the Sky' DLC
Mar 11th 2008 1:52AM (Joystiq)Apple not just refusing cash, also refusing Apple Gift Cards for iPhones
Oct 29th 2007 2:46AM (Engadget)Joyswag: Joystiq's Legendary Halo 3 Giveaway
Oct 2nd 2007 3:07PM (Joystiq)