S.T.A.G.E. said:
scat398 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Multimedialover said:
Im getting an Xbox One. Makes laugh that it pisses of so many people. |
It doesn't matter. Enjoy your Xbox One. Other gamers care about their rights to ownership and for Microsoft to put paywalls and account locks on peoples accounts is screwed up. If you don't think its wrong, thats perfectly fine, enjoy paying full price for all of your games in a weird economy and having zero ownership over your games.
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Stage you continue this notion that you own "your game", you do not. You own the right to use the game under the terms of sale. It is not a jacket, a table, or a car...it is intellectual property that while you do have the right to sell your rights to a used game store, when you sell you sell your right and the used game store inherits that right until they sell.
Microsoft Is not saying you can't sell your right to use the game, all they are saying is that new purchaser of that right must also pay royalty to the publisher, this is the correct understanding of the law and just like peer to peer jerks back in the music theft days gamers need to respect the law.
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I own my game but laws protect me from replicating said product and/or profiting from it. EULA is not set in stone it is more of a guideline. If EULA was truly set in stone I could not resell my videogames, plain and simple. I sell my product, just like someone sells a shoe, book, phone or anything else for that matter. EULA works in full force on fully digital items and because of what MS has now done, we have just gained a glimpse of a near future many can claim they saw coming but not so soon.
As for Microsoft, again, its not just the publisher who gets a cut its also MS and that could screw up used game sales royally because the bottomline is going to suck for Gamestop next gen and they will probably strike back on the gamers hurting MS in the end. No one is saying dont respect the law, its that they dont respect first sale doctrine.
First sale doctrine protects creator and funders product from copyright infringement while leaving ownership in the hands of the user. They are only to profit off of the copy they purchased. Reproduction for profit is not allowed.
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Microsoft is saying you can't sell your game they are just saying the next purchaser must also pay a royalty fee.
I assume the main issue is if someone wants to take their game to friend and play they would have to pay a fee to play the game on the machine, it's a tough call but I would error on the side of caution and require a fee to access the game from another console.
Also Eula isn't a guideline it's a legally binding contract between you and the purchaser and ms isn't saying anything against first sale doctrine you can still sell your game, please explain where they are denying you this.
