| reply to BF69
Re: From the Sounds of it. Sorry man, but even the Supreme Court has said that you have a right to resell your games and the only way you can sell your games is if you are able to find a buyer. IF, they remove all buyers from the market, then they have in essence removed your right to first sale doctrine. Your car analogy is just silly.
Even in the EU, which I expect to eventually come to the US, you have the right to resell your digital copies. So with a system like Steam, there should be a way to transfer the ownership rights to another user.
What I suspect is that ALL games will have an activation fee associated with them and the activation for the first buyer just happens to be a part of the original sale/price and paid separately by anyone buying the copy after that. Charging X for new and then Y for used activation however I think would cause a problem as they are clearly segmenting the 2.
I personally don't see a problem with what I mention above, but the used game market will have to adjust their prices accordingly. What wouldn't surprise me at all, by the greed of the industry, is if they started giving away the games (digital download, $10 for DVD shipment), but then charged $60 to activate it new or used. That would KILL the used game industry. |
rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO | I think what you'll see is something like what you suggest. Perhaps modified further by perhaps weaving a recurring fee into the equation. Everyone wants what they sell to be completely disposable with a short shelf life so consumers are forced to continually buy more. |
