October 31, 2008

Can you resell used computer/video games legally?

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Not-so-techy asked:


i would like to do a fundraiser for my Girls Scouts Troop by hosting a video game swap and sale. People could bring their used equipemnt and sell it or swap it with others. Is this legal?

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Comments on Can you resell used computer/video games legally?

November 3, 2008

kenster1025 @ 12:30 am

Yes go to your local EB Games and you can trade them in and get store credit. ebgames.com

November 4, 2008

Battousai @ 5:41 am

Completely legal, and if it wasn’t I doubt you’d get an negatove action from something small on the scale of things and with the purpose you have in mind. Good luck with the swap and sale!

November 5, 2008

U_S_S_Enterprise @ 8:01 pm

Yes it is legal, provided you sell the complete game and do not retain any copies / installed programs of it.

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November 8, 2008

Sonny Corelone @ 6:02 pm

yeah totally gamestop and eb games do it its perfectly legal

November 9, 2008

Perdendosi @ 12:27 am

Yes– it has to do with the “first sale” doctrine, which states that once you buy a legal, licensed copy of a work, you can do whatever you want with it (with some exceptions like mutilating it, amending it and selling it as your own work, etc.). But simply reselling it is fine (so long as you’re reselling the original, NOT a copy that you’ve made, and NOT keeping a pirated copy).

November 11, 2008

Chris @ 12:27 am

You bought it in the first place and lots of compneys make there liveing by buying used cd’s dvd’s and games so I would say yes