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http://www.txcn.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/DN-gamestop_12bus.ART0.State.Edition1.2702a76.html
This is far from over. People could start putting stickers on anything you buy from CDs to cars saying you're not allowed to resell them. Besides, didn't a court rule that those huge agreements aren't binding because you need a team of layers to decipher them and no one reads them?
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For instance, from the Civ V EULA:
...Licensor hereby grants you the nonexclusive, non-transferable, limited right and license to use one copy of the Software for your personal non-commercial use for gameplay on a single computer or gaming unit...
Later
LICENSE CONDITIONS. You agree not to:
(a) Commercially exploit the Software;
(b) Distribute, lease, license, sell, rent or otherwise transfer or assign the Software, or any copies of the Software, without the
express prior written consent of Licensor or as set forth in this Agreement;
(c) Make a copy of the Software or any part thereof (other than as set forth herein);
(d) Making a copy of this Software available on a network for use or download by multiple users;
(e) Except as otherwise specifically provided by the Software or this Agreement, use or install the Software (or permit others
to do same) on a network, for on-line use, or on more than one computer or gaming unit at the same time;
(f) Copy the Software onto a hard drive or other storage device in order to bypass the requirement to run the Software from
the included CD-ROM or DVD-ROM (this prohibition does not apply to copies in whole or in part that may be made by the
Software itself during installation in order to run more efficiently);
(g) use or copy the Software at a computer gaming center or any other location-based site; provided, that Licensor may
offer you a separate site license agreement to make the Software available for commercial use;.
(h) Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, prepare derivative works based on or otherwise modify the Software, in
whole or in part;
(i) Remove or modify any proprietary notices, marks or labels contained on or within the Software; and
(j) transport, export or re-export (directly or indirectly) into any country forbidden to receive such Software by any U.S. export laws or accompanying regulations or otherwise violate such laws or regulations, that may be amended from time to time.
And
This Agreement will terminate automatically if you fail to comply with its terms and conditions.
Given this guy's own reasoning, there is every reason to think the ruling applies to games.
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