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Re:The Creator of 'Magic: The Gathering' Knows Where It All ... by throwup238 on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @09:12PM (#40362015)
You could still buy individual cards from people who opened physical packs which meant that the price of a booster box didn't hurt so bad. You could sell a bunch of cards in it and the whole system worked because everyone had 10-100x more cards than they could ever use, creating a great secondary economy.
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Re:The Creator of 'Magic: The Gathering' Knows Where It All ... by chii on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @03:57AM (#40364230)
That's true - i've not thought about the secondary market. This doesn't exist with digital goods - something i think is missing in the laws governing consumer rights today imho. It's not just trading cards, but everything.

I think it's high time that the first sale doctrine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine) be applied to digital goods.

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