[marvin]

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Originally Posted by Zodduska /img/forum/go_quote.gif I agree that the laws regarding resale of digital downloads haven't been settled but the technical barriers are easily within reach it's just that either there is little incentive for the providers to allow it (although they could profit by charging a transaction fee) or the content creators don't want to allow it.. yet. Until it becomes a big enough issue and there is sufficient pressure from consumers to look into the legality regarding the transfer of digital media for monetary gain we will never see it come to light. In my opinion all of this content is sold as a limited licence therefor full ownership rights would not apply, but I'm no lawyer.

There's really no incentive for providers to allow a transfer. The only practical way for it to come about would be for a boneheaded content provider to take a resale to court and lose.

As for the limited license thing, Autodesk pushed that line of reasoning in Vernor v. Autodesk to prevent Vernor from reselling his copy of Autocad. They lost.

 

[TopPop]

Me.

 

[Zodduska]

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Originally Posted by marvin /img/forum/go_quote.gif There's really no incentive for providers to allow a transfer. The only practical way for it to come about would be for a boneheaded content provider to take a resale to court and lose. As for the limited license thing, Autodesk pushed that line of reasoning in Vernor v. Autodesk to prevent Vernor from reselling his copy of Autocad. They lost.

Interesting, though I have to wonder if the fact that Autocad is more of a commercial software tool vs if the case were regarding a piece of entertainment would it have had any bearing on the outcome.

 

[Zodduska]

In related Anti-MW2 news.. this is awesome: YouTube Yanked This Vid Off Infinity Ward Channel — on Modder's Takedown Notice - Modern warfare 2 - Kotaku

 

[DeusEx]

Anyone get yet?

 

[fraseyboy]

I know a few people who bought it on PC (traitors) who say that the single-player is pretty good (although not as good as MW1) and multiplayer is pretty much ruined.

 

[nickosha]

I heard that the single player is quite a rush.... all couple of hours of it.

 

[DeusEx]

No Dedicated servers......-_-

 

[nickosha]

I wonder how long it will take for people to splice dedicated servers into MW2, or the content from MW2 into CoD4. Surely somebody is at least trying it. It's probably locked the heck up, but (DRM) crackers always manage to crack games, so who knows.

 

[fraseyboy]

I reckon there'll be a mod for CoD4 which adds MW2 like features pretty soon. And maybe some sort of higher-res graphics pack or something.

 

[LFF]

Having never played the first one - I am enjoying the 2nd one very much. My wife made me buy it today and I have been having a blast with it.

 

[thaddeussmith]

day 1: 7million copies sold. nice boycott ..

 

[fraseyboy]

But what percentage of those were on PC?

 

[thaddeussmith]

why does it matter? pc gamers are whiny self indulgent girls ..gaming is gaming, who gives a damn the platform?

 

[TheMarchingMule]

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Originally Posted by thaddeussmith /img/forum/go_quote.gif why does it matter? pc gamers are whiny self indulgent girls ..gaming is gaming, who gives a damn the platform?

Wow, can you be more ignorant?

Wait, on second thought, don't.