Ah, licencing laws. Good times. I own the licence, not the game etc. Still, as game licences are eternal (that hasn't changed has it?), I should be able to sell that licence on, don't you think? Especially if I buy a disc with it on.
In the normal case of all games before (except recent PC gen and next gen), a licence for a game is presumed to also exist along side the media, a media with data stored on it and a licence that you buy. This is then yours to do with as you please, lend it to friends, sell it, burn it in a ritual fire or even play it. When you do these things, lending it to a friend/selling, you are giving up your licence to play it whether temporarily or permanently.
If by some of what MS is saying is true, you can still do all the above just with heavy restrictions. This is what people are not happy about. This form of licencing does already exist on XBL and PSN to a degree. But people aren't complaining about downloadable games, they are talking about physical copies.
Hmm, pie.
