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Should Artists Make Money Off Future Sales of their Work? An Argument For and Against

Does Sony’s New Patent Signal the End of Second-hand Games?

The Tokyo branch of Sony Corp. (creators of the Playstation 3 gaming system) filed a U.S. patent application in December 2012 for technology which would effectively put an end to second-hand game sales.  The problem with second-hand “resell” games is that Sony doesn’t generate any income from the transactions.  The patent application theorizes a method which would […]