Is it illegal to sell your own promo game disc.
By izzyrite
@izzyrite (5)
New Zealand
November 5, 2006 4:45pm CST
I'm not a dealer but I have several promotoinal GC games and I am wanting to sell them and someone told me that it was illegal for me to resell it. Is this true? Any idea on a website in which I might find this info? I really don't think it is illegal as it is just like owning something and no longer wanting it so you sell it am I right. Anyone out there know????
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@robertdj (116)
• United States
5 Nov 06
typically these things are labled someplace in packaging or in agreements as "NFR" or "Not for Resale" Publishers of media do this so that money they put into promoting isn't used for someone elses profit. The companies send these out for free so they think it's unfair that someone else makes money off them.
@izzyrite (5)
• New Zealand
5 Nov 06
Thanks for that but I found in the console / game packages that they put together with the supposably free promo game that you are actually paying for it anyway and it should become your property. I've looked on the game case and nowhere does it say I can't sell it apart from the NFR and that was put there just for retails so they couldn't resell it so I thought. I've checked the patent # and it is alright. It's so frustrating. So do you think it is illegal or not? Or should I just carry on and sell them..I always thought here in NZ anyway that it is 9/10ths of the law of ownership. You buy it you own it.
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@RebeccaLynn (2256)
• United States
5 Nov 06
We sold some that we had. As far as I know, since you own it, it is up to you what you do with it.
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