WTB game loaning.

[müendiz]

Hi guys,
I want to be able to give my games that I am not playing at the moment to a single friend and in return I would like to be able to get games from my friends library that they are not playing at the moment.

[Zekiran]

Yeah it was literally NEVER legal. It was strictly against every single software TOS agreed to when you open a package, be it a game, CD, movie, or program.

Just because people DID it, has never - ever - made it legal or right to do so.

[müendiz]

Publicado originalmente por ElvisDeadly:

Publicado originalmente por müendiz:

In the past you were able to loan your friends store bought games. I don't see why it should be a a big issue.
Steam please give the ability loan games to my friends who are not family members.

It wasn't really legal to do so though

It's the same with music and films.

It is just way easier to enforce such things via digital platforms.

It is legal to loan your music dvds, movie dvds as long as they dont make copy of it.
It is the same for hard copy games.

[Start_Running]

Publicado originalmente por müendiz:

Publicado originalmente por ElvisDeadly:

It wasn't really legal to do so though

It's the same with music and films.

It is just way easier to enforce such things via digital platforms.

It is legal to loan your music dvds, movie dvds as long as they dont make copy of it.
It is the same for hard copy games.

Technicallity.
You're loaning the physical media that holds the content..not the content.

[Leonardo Da Pinchi]

Still not going to happen. Lol

[ElvisDeadly]

Publicado originalmente por müendiz:

Publicado originalmente por ElvisDeadly:

It wasn't really legal to do so though

It's the same with music and films.

It is just way easier to enforce such things via digital platforms.

It is legal to loan your music dvds, movie dvds as long as they dont make copy of it.
It is the same for hard copy games.

All rights of the producer and of the owner of the work reproduced reserved. Unauthorised copying, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting of this recording prohibited.

It isn't.
It's just prety much impossible to enforce.

[müendiz]

Publicado originalmente por ElvisDeadly:

Publicado originalmente por müendiz:

In the past you were able to loan your friends store bought games. I don't see why it should be a a big issue.
Steam please give the ability loan games to my friends who are not family members.

It wasn't really legal to do so though

It's the same with music and films.

It is just way easier to enforce such things via digital platforms.

It is legal to loan your music dvds, movie dvds as long as they dont make copy of it.
It is the same for hard copy games.

[Gwarsbane]

And if the game comes with a serial code that you have to put into a launcher like steam or what ever, you won't be able to use the physical game disc you borrowed because they FINALLY have a way to enforce.

Its the same reason that if you had to put in a code to your CD/DVD/Blu-ray player that would require an always on internet connection for every movie/CD you wanted to use on it, you would not be able to to lend out those physical discs because they would be useless for everyone else because the codes are a 1 time use.

[all eyes on me]

Publicado originalmente por Zekiran:

They can buy their own game.

Or better yet if they're a 'real friend', YOU buy the game for them.

:steamsad