Time to start making the old games freeware maybe?

[Mr Flibble]

Ah.

Well...does it not say Monkey Island TM?!

I'm not that well versed in law, I just assumed that UK law didn't have the ability for people to lose intellectual property.

We'll have to do something about that...

*Graps pitchfork and map of London *

[Oaran Rustic]

I say we take the games anyway! Its not like the profits go to the people who made the games anymore, right? They go to the "new" Lucas arts.

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

Not legal, and not diplomatically put, but 100% correct all the way.

[Radiant]

Hm, didn't LucasFan's site say something along the lines of "In memory of LucasArts, RIP 2002" or something? He has a good point there.

[Mephistophilis]

Why is selling Games on E bay any different to Downloading them? Lucas Arts (or Whatever Makers) Get nothing either way, so what difference is it to them?

[veryweirdguy]

Well, on eBay, someone (ie the seller) bought the game from Lucasarts, and when they sell it to someone else, they no longer have it (in theory). Therefore, the same number of games have been distributed, and Lucasarts loses no money.

When a game is downloaded though, there is no limit to the amount of people who are getting it for free - it doesn't directly trace back to LA, if you see what I mean.

[Radiant]

Interesting. Now that you mention it, for some games it may actually be illegal to sell them on e-bay, for instance if it says 'not for resale' somewhere in the twenty-page EULA. Not that anyone ever seems to read EULAe...
I do recall buying a game once (Descent II) that was clearly labeled 'not for sale' and turned out to be a shareware promo. I had to bug them for quite a while to get a refund.

[SSH]

Of course, such clauses may be void under unfair contract legislation. However, you can't resell UK train tickets on ebay, as I found out when GNER emailled me and pointed out the National Conditions of Carriage...  It's a shame as I now have no good way of advertising an Edinburgh London return train ticket for next Thursday/ following Wednesday.