Givign away Original games

[Van_Fox]

ya thats called illegal =P

[Sairys]

ya thats called illegal =P

isnt illegal till you get caught :P

[Kell]

Legally speaking, only one PC is to ever have that copy/code installed on it at once, there is also some small print on some games about number of machines it can be installed on at a time, times registered, and the like...

However, with the exception of some new games, mostly using steam and other such systems, there is no way to really... verify the use of a code, the installer simply verifies if its a proper code and then installs the software... This is, last I heard, due to some legal stuff about not being able to sell software that requires online verification for the offline use of the software (due to the fact some people don't have internet access.)

This is however, often circumvented atleast with newer software, by having no true offline mode, such as with Starcraft 2 and a few other recent game releases, all play is done threw an online account that must be registered with that key.

However... on any game more than a few years old, and certainly anything purely single player, those codes mean nothin, and even on most multi-player games, you can use the same code as somebody else so long as you arn't playing at the same time, as a key can only connect once to the server or other such protections...

/rant/

[Van_Fox]

ya thats called illegal =P

isnt illegal till you get caught :P

you can now :P