Aliasalpha: What's a mountain for if not for building a vault?
JudasIscariot: The more you trade, the more you make?
Basically Buy low / Sell high then?
Just have to throw the government a kickback now and then and don't monopolise the trade...
JudasIscariot: 2. All DRM and Activation limits are outlawed as they take the power away from the consumer to do what they wish with the media they purchased in a proper and legal manner.
Petrell: Fixed
Edit: 4. All software is the private property of the purchaser to do as they will as long as they do not sell or otherwise distribute copies of the software.
5. EULA's and Licences can not restrict the right of user beyond the laws, they can only give users more rights than dictated by laws.
Concerning your edit, not allowing someone to sell something they own, wouldn't that violate First Sale rights in some way? I personally would like to be able to sell boxed (or even digital) copies of my old games but I am somewhat prevented from doing so unless I eBay them. Other than that question, it's looking good.
JudasIscariot: 3. All software created shall have a closed source period lasting no more than 5 years. After the maximum 5 year period, all source code is entered into a nation wide database so that others may either peruse said code for study, modification, or to make the aforementioned software compatible with current systems if there are enough people who wish to volunteer their time to do so. The OSL (Open Source Library) shall be free and open to all. No longer will we have to endure the loss of great product due to shoddy bookkeeping or the shell game of rights transferral.
4. Companies may use DRM if they so choose, BUT, they must put an easy to understand label on the game packaging that will detail the exact method of DRM being used and the tools to remove said DRM if the aformentioned DRM is known to cause technical issues on users' PCs.
Wishbone: 3. Any piece of software can only be licensed for sale if the source code is first logged in the government-controlled OSL (Open Source Library). After a period no longer than 5 years after release, the source will be opened up to the public. The software company can choose to open the source ealier, if they so wish. Any updates to the source code, in the form of patches and so on, must also be logged in the OSL.
4. The sale of any software using DRM shall incur a tax of 80% of the sales price. Furthermore, the box must bear a big red label, saying "Warning: Lark's vomit!"
Or we could do a cigarette label style warning on the DRM issue :-).
I like the idea of logging the source code. It sounds better since in 5 years anything can happen to developers and publishers..