Game resale does not hurt the developer or publisher because there is still only one copy of the game that was initially bought. If I resell it, I no longer have a copy, thus only one copy was ever sold such that the publisher/developer gets revenue from it. And if I buy a game and don't like it or find it has no replay value, I darn well better be able to re-sell it! Copying a game and keeping it while selling the original is, of course, illegal, and should be. But the argument that game resale hurts developers/publishers is a non-argument at best.
Also, I like the argument from whomever posted it that one can not read the EULA until AFTER one has purchased the item in question. That is quasi-legal at best, but few if any people have challenged that. I don't even read EULAs anymore, because it's pointless. If I click 'don't agree' I can't use the software, and have no recourse to recover the money I spent on it. Just TRY to return a PC game you've already opened, I dare you. Ridiculous. So I just click 'accept' as I really have no other real choice.
ps -- how do I add the 'no connection to Ubisoft' etc image to my sig?
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