10-08-2012, 09:46 AM | #16 |
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Double standard here in the U.S.
It's totally OK to manufacture your stuff where the cheapest labor is, ship it over here and sell it with a region-lock or other protection. When a consumer wants to do the same thing (import it from the cheaper country) it's a crime. |
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On a larger scale, however, if these judges really were deciding that foreign-made goods can't be resold without the original manufacturer getting a cut, then it would pretty much kill American manufacture. Why make goods over here that can be resold, when you could ship all your manufacture over there and get a cut whenever the goods are resold? And I mean any goods, not just a few textbooks. The whole American secondary market for everything could be destroyed within a matter of hours. |
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Certainly, I fully appreciate that. Just illustrating what the logic might be for such a verdict.
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If "It could have a bad effect on businesses in Texas" is a justification for revoking a judgement, then I'm not really sure what kind of logic to expect. Insane Troll Logic, perhaps?
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Also, if it is, would it be allowed for him to sell to a company that would do commercial resale (IE selling his games to a company like Gamestop)? |
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In case case someone has bought something from outside the EU, and then sold it within, and has made money from it. Why should they be treated differently? |
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Not that it makes all of that legal. It just means that the cops have bigger fish to fry. |
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Because private sale is legally seen as something different than commercial sale. Private sale is a one time thing, and likely will never be repeated, commercial sale, the intent is profit and the person will attempt to do the same thing again. Private sale, profit isn't guaranteed or even expected. On my friend with his toys and games, he doesn't profit from them. Most of the time he just trades for something else he wants.
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I am not concerned. Last time I checked the US supreme court has no jurisdiction where I live.
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But how often is it "Monkey See, Monkey Do" in regards to international commercial law and politics. Both US and EU tend to do things that the corporations want, and not what anyone else wants.
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That doesn't mean that the same would apply here though. I think parallel importation is dealt with as a trademark issue rather a copyright one in the UK/EU, and there infringement does require that the act be carried out on a commercial basis. In that case, someone selling a game they have imported and played to GameStop would be ok, but GameStop could not legally resell that game. Last edited by murraypaul; 10-08-2012 at 01:28 PM. |
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