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General discussionSo i decided to delete my GamersGate account .(39 posts)(39 posts)
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Posted September 09, 2012
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gameon: But...is it legal?
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johnki: To be honest, the legality of such things is in such a grey area that it isn't funny. Usually the line between legal/illegal is drawn in the Terms of Service or EULA.

Some people literally have Steam accounts, Second Life accounts, etc in their wills, so I'd assume it's legal to some degree.

EDIT: Though I have to say. If second-hand software sales on eBay are legal, I don't know why this can't be too.
Wow. That's a strange thought.
Posted September 09, 2012
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gameon: Wow. That's a strange thought.
"And for you, he left his 1000 game Steam account...unfortunately, Steam closed 10 years ago."

That's got to suck. :P
Posted September 09, 2012
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johnki: "And for you, he left his 1000 game Steam account...unfortunately, Steam closed 10 years ago."
*laughs*
Posted September 09, 2012
I wouldn't recommend trying to give a GamersGate account to another person. Trading accounts is not supported and may get you into trouble.
Posted September 09, 2012
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Psyringe: I wouldn't recommend trying to give a GamersGate account to another person. Trading accounts is not supported and may get you into trouble.
I think you are right .
Posted September 09, 2012
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gameon: But...is it legal?
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johnki: To be honest, the legality of such things is in such a grey area that it isn't funny. Usually the line between legal/illegal is drawn in the Terms of Service or EULA.
No, the legality/illegality is actually written into the actual laws. Personal non-transferable licenses are not for trade. Giving an account away for money or free is pretty much what the industry calls piracy.

And I can still type this while being more drunk than Tony Stark crashing into Guinness brewery.
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johnki: Some people literally have Steam accounts, Second Life accounts, etc in their wills, so I'd assume it's legal to some degree.
Yeah, illegal by current laws. But considering how muggles treat the law I'm not surprised.
Post edited September 09, 2012 by SimonG
Posted September 10, 2012
This is the one property of downloads that I hate and that I will ignore for my own games. I will not resell them but giving them away or passing them on I will if I feel like it.
Posted September 10, 2012
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Psyringe: I wouldn't recommend trying to give a GamersGate account to another person. Trading accounts is not supported and may get you into trouble.
I think that's that's the only thing what's so great living In South Africa. No one really cares about this type of stuff here.

Here they only care about Piracy, Giving your friend a secondhand game is the norm. One of our main Gaming shops have a whole display with preplayed games.
Posted September 11, 2012
Sent a support ticket to GG .

Q: Is it possible to gift away my account ?
A: The account is not giftable like the games are, no .

Q: Is it possible to gift away the GG downloader file + serial key ?
A : Well, not really. You need to be logged in to GG to be able to install the games.

Q : Is it possible to gift away my GG points ?
A : I'm afraid not.

Q: Will i be able to patch them later ? ( if i download and archive them )
A : Not without an account as you cant install the games if you are not logged in to your GG account.
Posted September 11, 2012
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Psyringe: I wouldn't recommend trying to give a GamersGate account to another person. Trading accounts is not supported and may get you into trouble.
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te_lanus: I think that's that's the only thing what's so great living In South Africa. No one really cares about this type of stuff here.

Here they only care about Piracy, Giving your friend a secondhand game is the norm. One of our main Gaming shops have a whole display with preplayed games.
That's normal in most places, it only differs with digital games.
Posted September 11, 2012
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te_lanus: I think that's that's the only thing what's so great living In South Africa. No one really cares about this type of stuff here.

Here they only care about Piracy, Giving your friend a secondhand game is the norm. One of our main Gaming shops have a whole display with preplayed games.
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SirPrimalform: That's normal in most places, it only differs with digital games.
Our law is a bit archaic in that sense, here our current law doesn't differentiate between digital or hard copy
Posted September 11, 2012
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SirPrimalform: That's normal in most places, it only differs with digital games.
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te_lanus: Our law is a bit archaic in that sense, here our current law doesn't differentiate between digital or hard copy
I don't think ours does either, it's mostly just DRM that stops digital game resale.
Posted September 11, 2012
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SirPrimalform: That's normal in most places, it only differs with digital games.
Ironic that the only differences between piracy and secondhand game sales at places like Gamestop is that the company selling secondhand games gets to profit without giving the rightsholders any money (before anyone argues this: many a company have said they don't make a cent on secondhand sales, and that's the whole reason the "EA Online Pass" thing was conceived), and do so legally.

Seriously, I think secondhand game sales at Gamestop might actually be higher in number than copies pirated for most of those games.
Posted September 11, 2012
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johnki: (before anyone argues this: many a company have said they don't make a cent on secondhand sales, and that's the whole reason the "EA Online Pass" thing was conceived),
Of course they don't. I'd be surprised if anyone thought they did get money for second hand sales to be honest.
Posted September 11, 2012
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SirPrimalform: That's normal in most places, it only differs with digital games.
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johnki: Ironic that the only differences between piracy and secondhand game sales at places like Gamestop is that the company selling secondhand games gets to profit without giving the rightsholders any money (before anyone argues this: many a company have said they don't make a cent on secondhand sales, and that's the whole reason the "EA Online Pass" thing was conceived), and do so legally.

Seriously, I think secondhand game sales at Gamestop might actually be higher in number than copies pirated for most of those games.
No, the big difference is that one is Illegal and one is Legal. Piracy is creating an illegal copy without consent. Second hand sales do not create new copies and is something that you have a right to do as owner of your copy or license. I'm sure you don't want that to change and would have to give a company money whenever you sold a car or book or whatever.
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