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Re:Atari abuses copyright to kick competitors out of the iOS... by e-dard on Saturday December 31, 2011 @02:15PM (#3411577)
(Apologies for being off topic)

In the list specifying the rewards for investment on the Kickstarter page, the author specifies investors receive free copies of the iOS game. I was under the impression that Apple didn't allow developers to sell copies of games outside of the app store?

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Re:Atari abuses copyright to kick competitors out of the iOS... by dan1234 on Sunday January 01, 2012 @05:46AM (#3412844)
Each app has 50 promotional codes but I don't think they're supposed to be used in that way. It's also possible to 'gift' an app to another user using iTunes so the author would be able to use that mechanism to buy copies for the contributors.
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Re:Atari abuses copyright to kick competitors out of the iOS... by xsmasher on Saturday December 31, 2011 @03:14PM (#3411715)
Developers get a limited number of promotional codes that an be redeemed on the app store to get the app for free.

The supporters will still d/l the app from the app store, but for free.

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Re:Atari abuses copyright to kick competitors out of the iOS... by ComputerGuru on Saturday December 31, 2011 @02:50PM (#3411660)
It's 'free' so it's not selling. Developers are allowed to 'give away' copies of their apps with promo codes. Obviously this is super-gray area, but it's 'technically' not disallowed.
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Re:Atari abuses copyright to kick competitors out of the iOS... by sirclueless on Sunday January 01, 2012 @04:44AM (#3412796)
Well, giving out product in exchange for microinvestments with no return sounds an awful lot like "selling" to me.
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