Moore - Publishers must find solution to pre-owned

[jamotto]

Reguardless, a company is only liable for the terms stated in the contract of a particular purchase. No one would buy any product if the contract stated "you are the only person who can ever own this item.".

I would recommend you read the EULA of some of the software you "leased". In all most all of them they have a section that for all intents and purposes say "You are the only person who can ever own this item".

[Aryn]

There are simple ways to deal with pre-owned sales...

Give the consumer something for purchasing the game brand new. How about a $10 credit voucher for the Playstation Store, or some cheap merchandise (an action figure, a decal skin for your PSP, a peripheral, clothing...)?

Or, regulate prices to match that of used games, or make deals with stores to keep the prices of new and used games identical. Perhaps threaten to pull their games from used game stores and sell them in stores that do not trade in used games?

Another idea is giving the gamer a code to unlock content in the game that is entered in the PSP system, and maintaining a computer database that remembers the PSP MAC address for the specific code so when used on another PSP system the code will not work.