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[Jake Grey]

It doesn't actually matter if they're are a limited company or not. CDAccess probably didn't even exist when copies of some of these games went out of production, so they're almost certainly remaindered stock; effectively, CDAccess are selling secondhand games, and certainly aren't paying their publishers a penny in royalties.
At any rate, I'm going to make a list of the publishers with oldware on CDAccess and draft an email asking them to confirm or deny this. If the admin staff here want to put their names to it they can do so, otherwise I'll represent myself strictly as a private individual.

[ltsajber]

Originally Posted by Jake Grey

It doesn't actually matter if they're are a limited company or not. CDAccess probably didn't even exist when copies of some of these games went out of production, so they're almost certainly remaindered stock; effectively, CDAccess are selling secondhand games, and certainly aren't paying their publishers a penny in royalties.
At any rate, I'm going to make a list of the publishers with oldware on CDAccess and draft an email asking them to confirm or deny this. If the admin staff here want to put their names to it they can do so, otherwise I'll represent myself strictly as a private individual.

You have my support.

[Luchsen]

For sold status it doesn't matter if they're an official reseller since we want to support stores selling old games. It's a horse of a different colour when a store does the things Fifth Horseman mentioned.

[_r.u.s.s.]

of course, unless it's second handed store.. or makes some kind of their own compilations and sell them for money

[arete]

Originally Posted by _r.u.s.s.

of course, unless it's second handed store.. or makes some kind of their own compilations and sell them for money

I think the latter would be totally illegal, especially if they don't pay royalties. Secondhand or "dead" stock wouldn't pay royalties anyway, but that wouldn't make it supported software, especially if it's been lying in a warehouse for umpteen years, next to old Health Walkers and Bedazzlers. Some movie or other called it "infomercial hell", lol.

And it's surprising what people will sell when it's not for resale. I found a whole shelf of Gideon's Bibles in a book exchange once :weird:

[_r.u.s.s.]

I thought collector's items and secondhand didn't count?

yeah they don't, i said "unless" =P

[arete]

Originally Posted by _r.u.s.s.

yeah they don't, i said "unless" =P

Oops, my bad.

Sorry r.u.s.s.