New ruling could eventually lead to blocking of used game sales

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From: sillyputty
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 01:06

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New ruling could eventually lead to blocking of used game sales
http://tinyurl.com/22ml2fu

Thanks to a new judgement made by the United States Court of Appeals,
used game and software sales may be a thing of the past.

The decision (linked below) rules that "a software user is a licensee
rather than an owner."

Originally, the suit was brought forward by Autodesk, the makers of
the expensive AutoCAD software, who were angry a consumer purchased
many copies of the software and then resold them on auction site eBay.

Autodesk wanted to know who, legally, had the rights to the software.

This new ruling does not implicitly imply video games, but games are
considered software, so the ruling could affect the used game market,
as well.

It will be interesting to see how the major publishers run with this
ruling, and we will certainly keep you updated.
--
Failure is not an option; it's bundled with your software.

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