Bethesda threatens lawsuit over sale of secondhand game

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You can legally resell your personal games in the US under the
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, which allows resales of copyrighted media like discs so long as you don't modify them in any substantial way. However, Bethesda doesn't think that applies if the shrink wrap is still present -- the publisher recently
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to sue gamer Ryan Hupp for listing an unopened PS4 copy of
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on Amazon Marketplace when he realized he didn't need that version of the game. As Hupp explained to Polygon, Bethesda's law firm viewed the listing as "unlawful" because he was not only unauthorized to resell new copies, but had rendered the game "materially different" by not including the original warranty.

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