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A license is a contract between you and valve. You can't transfer that license because the contract says you can't. The court says that the digital game is a go
by roblabla 7y ago
A license is a contract between you and valve. You can't transfer that license because the contract says you can't. The court says that the digital game is a good (just like a DVD is), and not a license, so you must be allowed to resell it to somebody else.
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- shadowgovt 7y agoSo is an ebook not a good?
- criddell 7y agoSo the end result must be that licenses can't take away your resale rights.
- jandrese 7y agoTransferring the doctrine of first sale to the digital realm would have massive implications for pretty much every digital distribution service we have today. Streaming services wouldn't be affected, but Kindle, Steam, iTunes, and so many others are built on the assumption that their product has no secondary market.
- criddell 7y agoThat's probably true, but it shouldn't factor into the decision about whether or not digital goods should be transferrable.