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dane007 on 14 June 2013
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Pemalite said:
dane007 said:

Tell me this " do you think it is right fro a person  to borrow firneds copy of the game and finish single player an plays hours of multiplayer without havging to paya single dime for the game amnd relies on doing that? Do you think thats right and legal?

Yes, I think it is right for someone to be allowed to do that, I let my brother play on my Steam account with 500+ games, should I have to pay for those 500+ games again? No way, the developers/publishers/valve got my money and if they want to keep getting my money on future game sales they have to do the right thing by me.
They aren't entitled to our money, companies should have to work for it and provide incentive.

As for legality, companies can write whatever they desire in EULA's and ToS's, it doesn't override your basic consumer rights or what is written in the law/constition or via legal precedents already set in court such as the first sale doctrine.

Besides, you don't see movie companies charging for second hand sales, music companies charging for second hand sales so why should the games industry be any different? Simple. They are being greedy instead of working for it.


No yo ushouldn't have to buy it but your nrother should havehis own account and buy his own game. Wgat you are doing by allowign taht person to never buy game adn rely on you to share it ,, is poracy because every game taht person finishess for free is one less sale adn profit to teh developers who worked hard for it. Look at witcher 2 and how many times it got pirated. It got pirated more times then actual copies sold.  Imagine how many people woul dhave done that by sharing to their friends. Also do n't you know you  neverowned teh game when you buy it. You just pay fpor the license to play th egame .