Re: EA's "Project 10 Dollars"
- From: Doug Jacobs <djacobs@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:29:43 -0600
Jonah Falcon <jonahnynla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ea-project-ten-dollars-dlc,news-5797.html
Wait a second, I'm a bit confused here.
EA is somehow locking away part of the original game unless the 2nd hand
owner forks over $10 to EA?
Is that even be considered legal in the US? So if I go buy a used copy of
Dragon Age from Gamestop, it won't let me play certain areas unless I pay $10
more to EA? At that point, I'd take the game back to Gamestop, complain it's
incomplete and/or broken, and ask they give me a properly working copy.
If none of their used copies work, then they better pull a new copy off
the wall and hand it to me, or it's off to court we go.
Furthermore, since when is it legal for a publisher to be paid from the
legal second hand sale of property? That'd be like Toyota or Ford
demanding every money from every sale of a previously owned car of
theirs. The game was already purchased once - all that Gamestop, or a
private seller on eBay, is doing is transfering the license. EA's
proposal seems to get in the way of this otherwise legally protected
right.
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It's not broken. It's...advanced.
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