Copied Manuals and inserts - Aren't they in copyright violation?

[Shin Johnpv]

Originally posted by Matt
My local Gamestop has plenty of photocopied inserts, and they do get sold with games. I find it particularely offensive, because this store has almost no games that still have their original manuals.

Are you sure this isn't a policy that varies by store?

if its a photocopied manual chances are the game was originally bought from blockbuster and then traded in

I dont know where your at but im in New Jersey and i was told by our Regional Manager himself not to sell the full color inserts we use when a game gets traded in with out its case or manual

thats the only time these things are supposed to be used when a game is traded in with no manual or cover and its the only copy you have



as far as the case thing i dont know how other stores handle it i know we always order empty jewel and dvd cases that way if a game gets traded in with no case we can at least give some one a case with the game when they buy it

thats not a corporate thing thats a by store thing

but the printed full color inserts was told to us by corporate to not be sold with the game

[Opaque]

I have never, ever seen a copied manual at Game Stop...

[Diff-chan]

Nintendo did sue the rental companies, and they used as their basis the manual-copying thing.

However their real hope was to actually get companies to stop renting games for good.

They lost the case, however.

[Videodrone]

Originally posted by Shin Johnpv

but the printed full color inserts was told to us by corporate to not be sold with the game

this again is true...the covers are for visual promo and the customer is to be told that only recieve the disc before purchase...this is how it was when I was a manager...

[Matt]

Originally posted by Shin Johnpv
if its a photocopied manual chances are the game was originally bought from blockbuster and then traded in

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I dont know where your at but im in New Jersey and i was told by our Regional Manager himself not to sell the full color inserts we use when a game gets traded in with out its case or manual

This particular store uses colour copies because, maybe a year ago or so, some smart person then in charge of the store decided it would be a good idea to throw out all the manuals & cases from their PSX & DC games (to save space).

Eventually, they must have come to their senses, because they put the games back in cases and replaced the covers with colour copies (they're photocopies, not printed inserts). The fact that they still have racks full of them is testament to how well that particular scheme worked.

I'm in Hawaii, by the way. Never lived in any other part of the US, so I'm not familiar with how other Gamestops do business.

[Shin Johnpv]

Originally posted by Matt
This particular store uses colour copies because, maybe a year ago or so, some smart person then in charge of the store decided it would be a good idea to throw out all the manuals & cases from their PSX & DC games (to save space).

Eventually, they must have come to their senses, because they put the games back in cases and replaced the covers with colour copies (they're photocopies, not printed inserts). The fact that they still have racks full of them is testament to how well that particular scheme worked.

I'm in Hawaii, by the way. Never lived in any other part of the US, so I'm not familiar with how other Gamestops do business.

wow that was insanely retarded

i imagine whose ever idea that was isnt working there any more

that way sucks that they did that there

never heard of anyone else ever doing that wow insanely retarded

do you have any other GS or EBs around you or is that one store pretty much it?

i knwo when theres not competition in an area lots of stores can do stupid things