You're wrong here, Vlad. Publishers would love used game sales to be equated to piracy. If you buy a game (or anything else) you have an absolute right to sell it on. In the US, resale of copyrighted material is covered by the First-sale Doctrine. Although publishers would like a slice of the used game market, they ain't getting it and have no right to it. They've made money through the initial sale, what happens from then on is none of their business.
They will try ever more elaborate DRM and DLC schemes to try and hobble the used games market, but you can bet the first time someone comes home with a second hand copy of Madden or FIFA and can't play it, all hell will break loose. The only DRM scheme that works and doesn't fuck over the consumer at the minute is Steam- you get a lot of extra stuff (auto-patching, community etc) in return for not being able to sell your games on.
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