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Posted July 12, 2018
I build and sell computers on Amazon and eBay. I often think a good selling point is to throw in a few games with each machine.

I'd be interested to know if it would be within GOG's terms of service for me to buy games from the service and install them on the machines I sell. Obviously I'd need to buy the game again for each machine, rather than only paying once!

I guess that would mean setting up a GOG account for each machine I build.

Can't find anything solid in the terms of service about this other than a line in the user agreement that says the licences are "solely for your personal entertainment and non-commercial use"

Can anybody shed some light on the legalities of my idea?

Thanks in advance.
Posted July 12, 2018
Why not just buy gift codes to include with every purchase?
Post edited July 12, 2018 by Randalator
Posted July 12, 2018
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Randalator: Why not just buy gift codes to include with every purchase?
That's actually a good idea. I must look into that.
Posted July 12, 2018
Randalator's idea sounds great to me! You could do that and bring us fresh prey! ; D
Posted July 12, 2018
Well, there is a line in the section about accounts that says "Your GOG account and GOG content are personal to you and cannot be shared with, sold, gifted or transferred to anyone else", which means that it could be seen as problematic to create accounts for other people or to share games from one of your accounts with people as part of a business deal.

Gift codes are not quite the same though, if you want to offer games as plug and play for less experienced users. "This PC comes pre-installed with a few cool games" obviously is different from "if you buy this PC you get a few gift codes for a service you need to register at, so you can download and install them yourself".

But it might be the only legal option, sadly. :/
Posted July 12, 2018
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Leroux: Well, there is a line in the section about accounts that says "Your GOG account and GOG content are personal to you and cannot be shared with, sold, gifted or transferred to anyone else", which means that it could be seen as problematic to create accounts for other people or to share games from one of your accounts with people as part of a business deal.

Gift codes are not quite the same though, if you want to offer games as plug and play for less experienced users. "This PC comes pre-installed with a few cool games" obviously is different from "if you buy this PC you get a few gift codes for a service you need to register at, so you can download and install them yourself".

But it might be the only legal option, sadly. :/
Could buy the gift codes then install the game.... Dunno though. I like the idea, but ultimately you'd want to channel them to GOG.
Posted July 12, 2018
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Randalator: Why not just buy gift codes to include with every purchase?
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DR85: That's actually a good idea. I must look into that.
Yeah do that instead if possible.
Posted July 12, 2018
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paladin181: Could buy the gift codes then install the game.... Dunno though. I like the idea, but ultimately you'd want to channel them to GOG.
Could, as in nothing will stop you from doing so, but I'm not entirely sure it's okay with GOG's TOS, and seeing as the OP seems to be running a business of sorts, they might want to be on the safe side with that.
Posted July 12, 2018
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DR85: That's actually a good idea. I must look into that.
No it's not, since you are still using the gift codes for commercial purposes without permission. Doing that sounds like a great way to encourage GOG to sue you.

I'm not an expert or anything, that's just my layman opinion/common sense.
Posted July 13, 2018
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DR85: That's actually a good idea. I must look into that.
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Ancient-Red-Dragon: No it's not, since you are still using the gift codes for commercial purposes without permission. Doing that sounds like a great way to encourage GOG to sue you.

I'm not an expert or anything, that's just my layman opinion/common sense.
I guess I don't see the problem as GOG is still getting their money, the dude isn't pirating. Is he breaking part of the TOS by doing this?
Posted July 13, 2018
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DR85: I build and sell computers on Amazon and eBay. I often think a good selling point is to throw in a few games with each machine.

I'd be interested to know if it would be within GOG's terms of service for me to buy games from the service and install them on the machines I sell. Obviously I'd need to buy the game again for each machine, rather than only paying once!

I guess that would mean setting up a GOG account for each machine I build.

Can't find anything solid in the terms of service about this other than a line in the user agreement that says the licences are "solely for your personal entertainment and non-commercial use"

Can anybody shed some light on the legalities of my idea?

Thanks in advance.
You can gift the buyer gift codes directly to their email address once they finalize the purchase. Just be sure to let them know how and when the codes will arrive.
Post edited July 13, 2018 by JudasIscariot
Posted July 13, 2018
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JudasIscariot: ...
Always good to have a blue chime in, thanks.
Posted July 13, 2018
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DR85: That's actually a good idea. I must look into that.
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Ancient-Red-Dragon: No it's not, since you are still using the gift codes for commercial purposes without permission. Doing that sounds like a great way to encourage GOG to sue you.

I'm not an expert or anything, that's just my layman opinion/common sense.
Why? If I own a grocery store I can do a "spend 20$ and get a can of Coke for free" without worrying about CocaCola suing me. Why should GOG codes be different in this regard? (I'm not an expert either by the way).
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JudasIscariot: You can gift the buyer gift codes directly to their email address once they finalize the purchase. Just be sure to let them know how and when the codes will arrive.
Would buying the code to your own email, printing it and physically sending it with the machine be ok too? Just curious.
Post edited July 13, 2018 by ZFR
Posted July 13, 2018
Thanks for all the replies, especially the blue. Much appreciated.
Posted July 13, 2018
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JudasIscariot: You can gift the buyer gift codes directly to their email address once they finalize the purchase. Just be sure to let them know how and when the codes will arrive.
There's a really teeny, tiny line between this and resellers of GOG games on the infamous third party sites.
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