Why is renting games legal?

[Desroko]

liquidninja said:

bardicverse said:

 

Did they? If they sold 5 copies of the game to Blockbuster, who in turn had 505 people rent the game, then did the developer/publisher lose 500 sales?...

 

 

You can't lose what you never had.

 

The law and economics  disagree. Loss of opportunity is a well-established concept in both.