legality inquiry - Club CDFreaks

Lacrymator · 23-03-2004

If I have a game..
the cd's , the manual.. right.

Let's say the cd's scratched pretty bad. Can I sell it with the working backup??

Or would that be Illegal?

Lacrymator

**Da_Taxman** · 23-03-2004

Wouldn't know for sure, but if you sold the original and provide it with a working backup, don't think that it will be a problem with Fair Use.

However, when you keep a working backup, that backup would become illegal...

Lacrymator · 24-03-2004

Thanks...

Lacrymator

suicide eddie · 02-04-2004

useally with software such as a game your paying for a license to permit you to install and run the software, the media it is installed on is yours to do with as you wish. you can sell on the media but if the buyer wants to access the software he has to pay a fee to the license holder, the rules for this and freeware and shareware have different licensing regs according to the country they were copyrighted/desighed/printed etc.
now here comes the gray area , you have already paid the license fee and have made a backup. in some countrys you can do this, in some you cant but now you sell on the original media under some laws you have now made a illegal copy because you have sold on the original. but have you? because you have already paid for the license and have only sold the media is it stored on and it is up to the new owner of the media if he wants to access the soft.......

and so on and so on...
anyway its a mess and you could add loads of other manufactored goods but what i would do is sell it on and keep my back up and let someone else worry about the licensing laws.

*damiandimitri* · 03-04-2004

a bit off topic;

contact the firm who released the software. Sometimes they send you a new copy when you have the serial and so on for a bit of money.

23-03-2004	#1 (permalink)
Lacrymator New on Forum Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 5	legality inquiry <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> If I have a game.. the cd's , the manual.. right. Let's say the cd's scratched pretty bad. Can I sell it with the working backup?? Or would that be Illegal? Lacrymator

23-03-2004	#2 (permalink)
Da_Taxman Senior (non-technical) Admin Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Eindhoven, The Netherlands Posts: 13,434	Wouldn't know for sure, but if you sold the original and provide it with a working backup, don't think that it will be a problem with Fair Use. However, when you keep a working backup, that backup would become illegal... __________________ By registering to our forum you accepted our rules and policies (Dutch), so respect CD Freaks by respecting these rules and policies; Please read these helpful tips and links for all (newbies and oldtimers) Please describe your problem as clear as possible in your topic title, so that others can see what it is about and are more inclined to help if it is something they know something about; I do not provide technical support over E-mail or Private Message (emails with such requests will be bounced); Please post your questions as clear as possible, so others can help you get a correct answer sooner; Please use our search, you might get an answer to your question sooner that way; For any forum related issues you can contact me through PM; I don't dislike newbies, just lazy people who expect others to do their work for them.

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24-03-2004	#3 (permalink)
Lacrymator New on Forum Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 5	Thanks... Lacrymator

02-04-2004	#4 (permalink)
suicide eddie New on Forum Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 9	useally with software such as a game your paying for a license to permit you to install and run the software, the media it is installed on is yours to do with as you wish. you can sell on the media but if the buyer wants to access the software he has to pay a fee to the license holder, the rules for this and freeware and shareware have different licensing regs according to the country they were copyrighted/desighed/printed etc. now here comes the gray area , you have already paid the license fee and have made a backup. in some countrys you can do this, in some you cant but now you sell on the original media under some laws you have now made a illegal copy because you have sold on the original. but have you? because you have already paid for the license and have only sold the media is it stored on and it is up to the new owner of the media if he wants to access the soft....... and so on and so on... anyway its a mess and you could add loads of other manufactored goods but what i would do is sell it on and keep my back up and let someone else worry about the licensing laws.

03-04-2004	#5 (permalink)
damiandimitri CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: netherlands Posts: 3,535	a bit off topic; contact the firm who released the software. Sometimes they send you a new copy when you have the serial and so on for a bit of money.