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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Hope" data-source="post: 5805702" data-attributes="member: 27051"><p>The Xbox360 licensing system isn't completely restrictive - you can effectively lend licenses in a limited fashion. Their system works like this:</p><p></p><p>When you purchase DLC, it is licensed to you in two ways:</p><p>1) You download it onto the console on which you purchased it. At that point, anyone signed into that console with their gamertag can use the DLC, even if they didn't purchase it.</p><p>2) You download it onto a console other than the one you purchased it on. At that point, only you (the purchaser) can play it on that other console, using the gamertag you purchased it with.</p><p></p><p>The DLC license belongs to your gamertag <strong>and</strong> to the console you purchased it on. Meet either of those criteria, and you can use it.</p><p></p><p>So if I buy DLC with my gamertag and download it to my console (Xbox A), then anyone playing on Xbox A can use that DLC.</p><p></p><p>If go round to my friend's house, I can sign into his console (Xbox B) with my gamertag, download the DLC to Xbox B and play it. Nobody else on console B can use my copy of that DLC.</p><p></p><p>And when I go back home, I can continue using my original copy of the DLC on Xbox A. Xbox Live doesn't care that there are now two copies of my DLC out there. My friend could use my gamertag on Xbox B and use my DLC if he wanted.</p><p></p><p>Also, you can transfer the console license to another console. So I could sign into Xbox B and transfer my console license from Xbox A to Xbox B. Now I could download any and all of my DLC to Xbox B and anyone playing on Xbox B could use it. I can continue to use my DLC on Xbox A, so long as I do so with my own gamertag, because Xbox Live still recognises that gamertag as the original purchaser of the DLC, even though I have changed the console license to another console.</p><p></p><p>As a limitation, you can only change licenses between consoles every four months. And your gamertag retains control over where the console license resides. If you have a falling out with your buddy, you can transfer the license back after the four month window, or transfer to it a third xbox or whatever.</p><p></p><p>So while you're not able to sell your DLC, you can effectively lend it to another console while still being able to use it on your own console using your gamertag.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark Hope, post: 5805702, member: 27051"] The Xbox360 licensing system isn't completely restrictive - you can effectively lend licenses in a limited fashion. Their system works like this: When you purchase DLC, it is licensed to you in two ways: 1) You download it onto the console on which you purchased it. At that point, anyone signed into that console with their gamertag can use the DLC, even if they didn't purchase it. 2) You download it onto a console other than the one you purchased it on. At that point, only you (the purchaser) can play it on that other console, using the gamertag you purchased it with. The DLC license belongs to your gamertag [b]and[/b] to the console you purchased it on. Meet either of those criteria, and you can use it. So if I buy DLC with my gamertag and download it to my console (Xbox A), then anyone playing on Xbox A can use that DLC. If go round to my friend's house, I can sign into his console (Xbox B) with my gamertag, download the DLC to Xbox B and play it. Nobody else on console B can use my copy of that DLC. And when I go back home, I can continue using my original copy of the DLC on Xbox A. Xbox Live doesn't care that there are now two copies of my DLC out there. My friend could use my gamertag on Xbox B and use my DLC if he wanted. Also, you can transfer the console license to another console. So I could sign into Xbox B and transfer my console license from Xbox A to Xbox B. Now I could download any and all of my DLC to Xbox B and anyone playing on Xbox B could use it. I can continue to use my DLC on Xbox A, so long as I do so with my own gamertag, because Xbox Live still recognises that gamertag as the original purchaser of the DLC, even though I have changed the console license to another console. As a limitation, you can only change licenses between consoles every four months. And your gamertag retains control over where the console license resides. If you have a falling out with your buddy, you can transfer the license back after the four month window, or transfer to it a third xbox or whatever. So while you're not able to sell your DLC, you can effectively lend it to another console while still being able to use it on your own console using your gamertag. [/QUOTE]
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