THANK YOU 3 WEEKS AGO.

Hey, this is a volunteer site and sometimes we get backlogged with news. Would you rather we just not report it?

I agree its better late than never. Not everyone reads the forums so this is good for the lurkers who only view the main thing and nothing else. Its not old news if its new to them.

I've been saying all along that you download a copy of the actual game, not just a "license". If only the US courts respected consumer rights like this...

It IS just a license, even the physical copies are just licenses. This court ruling doesn't change that, it just says publishers can't stop use from transferring the license. Of course, this doesn't mean digital stores have to set up a structure to actually let you transfer them, and they can choose to void your warranty if you transfer it (the same way Apple can legally void your warranty if jailbreak your iPhone/iPod Touch).

I think voiding your warranty would be "opposing the customers resale." And I wasn't being serious with my first post, hence the caps. However, Insano has just made me realize that this site will only report what I want it to report, so get ready for some changes.

Voiding your warranty doesn't stop the resale, which is what the court ruling says they can't stop. What they support or oppose doesn't matter as long as they follow the law.

this is true I'm one who doesnt use the forum often.

I'm all for it. Now let's wait and see if anything will come of this. I'm going to guess probably not, but it would be cool.

If your copy is linked to Steam and Steam does not allow you to sell it, that restricts your ability to sell the product.  So it really sounds to me like a structure does need to be set up to accommodate this now.

This will mostly be useful for PC software that's not bought through something like Steam or the Mac App Store, with an original and independent license. Like, say, Photoshop. Games being tied to online identities will probably prevent this from being a major thing in gaming.

It won't happen. The ruling does not say stores have to do anything to make it possible to transfer a license, nor could they really force stores to do it. Just because they can't stop you from selling it doesn't mean they have to provide you a way to do it.