An Honest Inquiry About BD

[Games For Your Intellivision]

Another thread about nothing! What is the big deal here? I can't find one. A license ran out. Period. Anyone who wanted the game now has one. If not they will be available in the re-sell market. So buy it there. If you could not afford it or missed it, that's life, get over it!!

 

No one cares about the stupid first world problems of video game collecting on a 35 year old system. Some people can't buy bread.

 

Yawn!

 

I hear you. I tried to avoid the situation by telling him 'confidentially' why it ended. It only served to make him more suspicious.

 

However, as you say, it is over and done with. On to bigger and better things.

[+cvga]

I can't believe another poison thread by E---- has once again sucked up time I could have otherwise used for developing my own game ideas.

I have got to get more disciplined about coming to this forum.

It's all part of a mastermind plan to slow down the release of new games, unless it's Pipes

[freewheel]

Sounds like common sense. I have a question. Do these time limited contracts and/or license agreements typically cover the production of copies of the game or the sale of those copies. For example the contract expires so the publisher is unable to produce more copies of a title but can sell the current inventory beyond the expiry date. I suppose a contract can be written either way but typically how is unsold inventory dealt with. For example, my understanding with all of the licenses that Mattel had with their games, some of the third party licenses did not transfer to Intellivision Inc but automatically expired when Mattel Electronics closed. Intellivision Inc was permitted to sell all existing inventory as is, but to produce more copies they had to remove the trademarks except where it was difficult or unreasonable to do so (ie. software modifications).

 

This thread is a nice place to discuss irrelevancies, so why not

 

As you can see, the answer is "both". Mattel did it one way, and if you read carefully (OK, it's kinda obvious) BD was licensed the other way.

 

BITD, while it was not common, sometimes dumpster divers struck it rich because of this. However in general, there would be proof-of-destruction requirements. AFAIK paperback books still operate on a similar concept today (not due to licensing per se, but it's the same end result). You used to see "not to be sold after XX/XX/XXXX date" on magazines and other periodicals as well. Ever notice "if you've purchased this without a cover, it was an illegal sale" blurbs on printed materials? That's that they're talking about. So anyone hoping for some secret stash of BD carts magically showing up, don't hold your breath. First Star could sue the pants off of anyone trying that. That being said, I doubt there's an ET landfill of these things about to happen.

 

Which of course is why SoulBuster made his disclaimer. If you purchased before the expiry date, you're fully entitled to re-sell to your heart's content. Speculators, take note - next time buy more copies before they disappear!

 

[Jinks]

So did I get my free copy yet? Just inquiring? I can't afford bread its 4.59 a loaf!

[Jinks]

 

This thread is a nice place to discuss irrelevancies, so why not

 

As you can see, the answer is "both". Mattel did it one way, and if you read carefully (OK, it's kinda obvious) BD was licensed the other way.

 

BITD, while it was not common, sometimes dumpster divers struck it rich because of this. However in general, there would be proof-of-destruction requirements. AFAIK paperback books still operate on a similar concept today (not due to licensing per se, but it's the same end result). You used to see "not to be sold after XX/XX/XXXX date" on magazines and other periodicals as well. Ever notice "if you've purchased this without a cover, it was an illegal sale" blurbs on printed materials? That's that they're talking about. So anyone hoping for some secret stash of BD carts magically showing up, don't hold your breath. First Star could sue the pants off of anyone trying that. That being said, I doubt there's an ET landfill of these things about to happen.

 

Which of course is why SoulBuster made his disclaimer. If you purchased before the expiry date, you're fully entitled to re-sell to your heart's content. Speculators, take note - next time buy more copies before they disappear!

 

I remember 53 foot semi trailers at work full of porn mags that didnt sell. We took them and stocked the whole town.

The mad wacker strikes again!!

[+Gunoz]

I remember 53 foot semi trailers at work full of porn mags that didnt sell. We took them and stocked the whole town.

The mad wacker strikes again!!

 

I think that's for the ED thread...