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US Rep proposes bill to give video game buyers "ownership," not "a license" (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

First sale doctrine allows you to resell, rent, or giveaway things that you bought without having any claim over the IP. So for products where first sale doctrine applies you can buy it now, and then a few years down the line still use it or sell it to someone else. You can't do the same with digital games, and that's the issue at hand, that first sale doctrine is not being follow here, you can't resell digital games, rent or even give them away.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Yes, you can.

    GOG allows you to download the installers for use offline.

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  • [–] 5 points 22 hours ago

    If you download the installers you are literally making a copy. Since you still have access to the files on the Gog server. Making copies for personal use is allowed but selling the copies is not because of copyright laws. There is no digital store that facilitates reselling where you can transfer the license of one game to someone else.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago

    That doesn't give you the right to resell, rent or even giveaway that. Which is what the first sale doctrine allows you to. Not to mention that GoG is one store, which proves it's not a law since others can do it differently.

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