Personally, I don't think this will pass, but my argument will be based on the worst case scenario. Though to be honest, I just find this too silly and out there to pass. This just happens to be a topic I like debating, so I'll join in, heh.
This is a very, very, stupid, and bad idea. They are already trying this with videogames (and it's not working, so they create work arounds like online passes), and sadly some of the gaming world seems to be welcoming it. The truth is, when you buy that CD, car, game, TV, whatever, you own that copy. You're not purchasing the software rights, or cars blue prints, and manufacturing machines, but you are purchasing that single physical copy. If you want to burn it, take a dump on it, or..even *gasp* sell it, that's your right. It would be different if you were renting it for an unspecified amount of time, as the company would still own that physical copy.
If, IF, they do this, it will have a negative effect in many areas as mentioned above. Places like Gamestop, Ebay, Pawn shops, Used car dealerships, ect, will be closed down and 100's of thousands of ppl will be out of work. Many ppl also sell items to have the cash to buy more items. I.e. selling a used car for a few thousand to put down on a new car, or selling a used game to have enough cash to buy a new one. Which means less money pumped into the economy. Add on...what's the fine? Are we talking outrageous fines, that if not paid could lead to jail time? Jails being filled to the brim with ppl who held yard sales? The alternative is to simply let your junk rot in an attic, and eventually overload our lanfills with the stuff even more than we already do.
On a human level this prevents poor ppl from using second hand items for Christmas, or second hand clothes and school supplies for their children. Add on places like Goodwill that sell donated second hand goods shutting down. Plus, how would you even know how to contact the original manufacturer of a 20 year old Chinese toy robot with the wording worn off? All this would lead to is some, so ridiculous it borderlines B movie material, second hand product black market type thing. Where you whisper to someone that you're in the market for a Samsung casette player, offering $1, and your co-worker overhears and sends you to a friend of a friend.
The fun part of this story is going to be watching all of the sympathizers pouring out to support this. Saying that you should support the ppl who made it. It's not that it's not a nice thought, but why should they make future profits off of another persons property? Like person A buys a pair of shoes for $60, that pair of shoes is now physically, and legally his. He paid the company that made it the full retail price they agreed to sell it for. Person A sells the shoe that he paid for in full, that is legally his, to person B, and somehow the company comes back into the picture and is entitled to more than the retail price? Again, sadly, this is the mentality of a decent chunk of gamers as more and more videogame companies try to skirt around these laws. It just surprises me that now everything else is on the line too.
