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EU to Allow Digital Software Resales?

[Jul 03, 2012, 11:13 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

This document (Adobe Acrobat format) outlines a legal ruing in the EU that seems to open the door for resale of digitally distributed software (thanks Joao). Here's a bit:

Where the copyright holder makes available to his customer a copy – tangible or intangible – and at the same time concludes, in return form payment of a fee, a licence agreement granting the customer the right to use that copy for an unlimited period, that rightholder sells the copy to the customer and thus exhausts his exclusive distribution right. Such a transaction involves a transfer of the right of ownership of the copy. Therefore, even if the licence agreement prohibits a further transfer, the rightholder can no longer oppose the resale of that copy.

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Re: EU to Allow Digital Software Resales?

Jul 3, 2012, 16:22

Digitalfiend

NKD wrote on Jul 3, 2012, 16:13: Let's boil this down to its simplest form. You go to buy a relatively new game on Steam, there are two buttons: New: $60 Used: $45 Who the fuck is gonna press New? Yes but there will be a limited supply of "used" licenses, so that "Used" button might not always be available. You still have a 1:1 relationship between number of licenses and number of license holders. I'd have no problem with publishers providing first-time purchasers of a license with additional extras, within reason (e.g. extra maps, "behind the scenes" videos, etc), that will not be available to second hand owners. That way there would still be an incentive to buy a new license.

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Comment [quote="Digitalfiend"Jul 3, 2012, 16:22][quote="NKD"Jul 3, 2012, 16:13]Let's boil this down to its simplest form. You go to buy a relatively new game on Steam, there are two buttons: New: $60 Used: $45 Who the fuck is gonna press New? [/quote] Yes but there will be a limited supply of "used" licenses, so that "Used" button might not always be available. You still have a 1:1 relationship between number of licenses and number of license holders. I'd have no problem with publishers providing first-time purchasers of a license with additional extras, within reason (e.g. extra maps, "behind the scenes" videos, etc), that will not be available to second hand owners. That way there would still be an incentive to buy a new license. [/quote]

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