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amok: (Humble very clearly asks you to not break up up a bundle, a bundle is intended for a single individual and to not sell / give away keys)
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varthshenon: Is it applied to all bundle? Or just some?
Just for a reference, as sometimes I'm giving away games I already have on bundle.
If you are looking at this in a pure legal light, then yes it does apply to all bundles.

However, there are only two bundle sellers who do care about it and asks you to not do so, and it is Humble Bundle and Indie Royale. The other ones have no official wishes either way (and there has been chat post in Groupees where employees have said that they do not care).

Since this is so legally grey, I personally would not interfere in any giveaway from those bundles who do not care, but I feel it is just right to respect the wishes from this who do. Especially here on GoG, which aims to show that you can trust your customers.
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varthshenon: Is it applied to all bundle? Or just some?
Just for a reference, as sometimes I'm giving away games I already have on bundle.
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amok: If you are looking at this in a pure legal light, then yes it does apply to all bundles.

However, there are only two bundle sellers who do care about it and asks you to not do so, and it is Humble Bundle and Indie Royale. The other ones have no official wishes either way (and there has been chat post in Groupees where employees have said that they do not care).

Since this is so legally grey, I personally would not interfere in any giveaway from those bundles who do not care, but I feel it is just right to respect the wishes from this who do. Especially here on GoG, which aims to show that you can trust your customers.
Thanks for the info.
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amok: If you are looking at this in a pure legal light, then yes it does apply to all bundles.

However, there are only two bundle sellers who do care about it and asks you to not do so, and it is Humble Bundle and Indie Royale. The other ones have no official wishes either way (and there has been chat post in Groupees where employees have said that they do not care).

Since this is so legally grey, I personally would not interfere in any giveaway from those bundles who do not care, but I feel it is just right to respect the wishes from this who do. Especially here on GoG, which aims to show that you can trust your customers.
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varthshenon: Thanks for the info.
Any time :)
I feel consumers should have the freedom to giveway what they have paid for. I do not like this trend of game publishers putting in the clause of "personal use only" . If taken to court , they can be sued for unfair trade practices and exploiting consumers. When I buy a car I don't want to the car manufacturer telling me that it is for personal use only and I cannot resell or giveaway the car to someone else. Some large companies have already lost cases trying to stop consumers from selling software licenses. The courts know that it is a dangerous trend when sellers try to block consumers from using the product that they have paid for legally in whatever way they want.

We users work hard to earn our money, we use the money to buy products from companies. The companies are not doing us a favor by selling their products, we have earned the copy of their product as we paid it with our hard earned money. I dont want them to be interfering with the things that I have already paid for with my hard earned money

Also unfortunately, this kind of practices seems to be carried out mostly by game publishers since they know that their consumers are young people and may not be aware of consumer laws and even if they do, won't have the resources to push for their own rights
Post edited August 14, 2013 by rudystyle