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[–] therocktor ago 

Honestly, I'm in favor of the sale of used games for reasons unrelated to whether they harm or hurt the industry. According to my (limited) understanding of the First Sale Doctrine, copyrighted material can be resold if it was originally purchased legally. I think it's a great thing because games make their way into libraries and in game stores for cheap, where more people have access to them. Yeah, it sucks that game shops get 100% of the profit for something they had no hand in creating, but that's just how the law works. The creators got the profit from their original sale, and after that, they have no say in how their product is sold. They got paid, story ends. And really, what do a lot of people do after they trade their games in to stores? They buy new ones.