On the back of games it always says you cannot rent it out/resell it etc, but what are the actual legalities of this? In the usa there is a law stating that when a piece of software is sold the copyright holder loses all rights to that individual copy meaning you can sell it on, rent it out or whatever but what are the laws on this in the uk?
Question about renting games?
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We rent them, but ya bugger we pay the privelidge for it. Costs us ~£100 to be allowed to rent a 360 game IIRC. Thats per copy, and about £40-50 per copy on DVDs.
Here, IIRC it is illegal to crack the copyright security on the dis, so making a backup is illegal, even if you own the game.
Here, IIRC it is illegal to crack the copyright security on the dis, so making a backup is illegal, even if you own the game.
I haven't actually come accross any games which have css copy protection on them, I was able to backup my entire ps2 collection to hdd just by using drag and drop, and pc games you can just copy the directory created after the install so I don't think they bother with protection either.
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I know that rental VHS cassettes and DVD are a much higher quality than standard ones so I would guess games would be the same. Rental video cassettes are made to be watched hundreds of times without loss of quality whereas a home version will lose quality after about 20 watches iirc. i would imagine DVD's will be back to the launch quality of CD's, when you could skim them across the floor and then still play them fine - thats before they started cutting costs by using inferior and thinner plastic.