Bethesda blocks resale of used game

[Qwark]

Bofferbrauer2 said:

melbye said:
They can block individual used game sales all they want, but there is no way to block used sales in general as long as physical editions exist.

Did you read the article?

The law says that you may resell a product so long it's not significantly altered from the original product. Bethesda is arguing that the lack of guarantee is significant enough to not be protected under the First Sale Doctrine. If they would win that case it would basically kill the whole used game market in the US in one swoop. And not just them, but also resellers (the like you see on the Amazon Marketplace, for instance), as they are arguing against them as well with the same argument.

 

pokoko said:

Qwark said:

And why would warrenty included in the part of an initial game sale and why not for any other product. Anyway hopefully this will cost Bugthesda a lot of sales. 

I'm not sure what you're saying.  A lot of products have a limited warranty that's only offered to the original buyer.

My post was a question regarding bofferbauer its statement. If the loss of warranty alters a product significantly to not be protected under the first sale doctrine. Doesn't that mean every product is significantly altered when warranty/guarantee expires and should no longer be protected by the first sale doctrine. If so that would be a very bad thing.