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If another country passed a law that states that if one person purchased a game, they can make unlimited copies for their friends and give them away for free, t
by jmpman 7y ago
If another country passed a law that states that if one person purchased a game, they can make unlimited copies for their friends and give them away for free, that would seem to more obviously damage Valve’s business model. For a small country, which doesn’t produce many games, that decision would be great for their economy (less money sent outside their borders for the same content). The major game producing countries would claim that’s IP theft. To some degree, I could see the US and Japan as making the same argument against France in this scenario.
- anoncake 7y agoI don't see the issue here. Of course a sovereign has the right to organize its economy in whatever way it wants. That includes deciding whether and to what extent intellectual property exists.