NDA have you had to sign one for collecting?
Just curious if any other collectors have dealt with signing a NDA for collecting? This would be for a deal maybe high value envolved or the item itself is something the seller does not want to have thge details released. This could be something maybe a one off or proto type item. Curious to see how common or uncommon NDA and collecting go hand and hand.
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I would be interested to hear of members who have signed one but don't think many have.
I bought some of that magical weed Tim Atwood grows and I had to sign an NDA that I wouldnt try to grow it myself.
Damn dude. Caring is sharing!
I've had the pleasure of signing a NDA, as well as had plenty of gentlemen's agreements not to disclose information regarding the contents of certain items as well a few times.
Woah, I think we found a new thing to brag about on the forum! Someone make an award icon for signing three or more NDAs!
I've signed an NDA. But it wasn't for game collecting.
Thats right. I just dont give my werewolf tips to anyone
I heard about nonsense like this happening with the Biohazard/RE 1.5 prototype before it finally got there and it sounded pretty ridiculous. A situation such as atwood's SE carts I can understand. For prototypes though, it just makes no sense.
I've signed an NDA. But it wasn't for game collecting.
Thats right. I just dont give my werewolf tips to anyone
Haha, no you don't. And those tips aren't cheap either
I've had the pleasure of signing a NDA, as well as had plenty of gentlemen's agreements not to disclose information regarding the contents of certain items as well a few times.
Was always fine with the gentlmen's agreement and kept to it. Of recent though had to sign more then a few NDA's for some items. Wasn't sure how common of a practice it was becoming in the higher end spectrum of collecting. Obviously spending a few hundred or thousand isn't going to require much thought for a NDA. The ones I have signed are for much more exspensive items. There is a huge community of private collectors that go above and beyond to remain that way. Personally wouldn't look to have someone sign one but if it takes me signing one to close a deal so be it.
I've had the pleasure of signing a NDA, as well as had plenty of gentlemen's agreements not to disclose information regarding the contents of certain items as well a few times.
Woah, I think we found a new thing to brag about on the forum! Someone make an award icon for signing three or more NDAs!
Only if it has sparkles and is animated...it also has to be bigger than the other awards and use bright colors.
Damn and I thought I was bored
It's not the most exciting topic to talk about obviously and some will never encounter it. However recently for me it has been becoming more frequent. Seems odd that it has become part of collecting. Really wanted to see if it was something others were seeing.
Well, if the person selling the prototype is smart, they won't outright tell the buyer that the item was stolen or even mention they worked for the company. They just don't want their name getting out publicly. It's also possible they could have worked for a company that is long gone, but still revealing that they're selling an unreleased game would raise some eyebrows with their current employers. Violating the NDA would still let them file civil charges against the buyer. While you can't create a legally binding contract for doing something illegal, the whole selling of a prototype has enough ambiguity that it might be workable. But realistically, it's just an idle threat to ensure the recipient doesn't actually talk about it.
Had a seller trying to have me sign a NDA to buy a proto. For them they still worked in the indusrty and did not want their name being published. The original NDA they signed was for a ten year agreement which was expired. They were looking for another ten years out of my NDA which was crazy. It was the one term we could not come to an agreement on. Had no issue not publishing their name or even waiting 2 years. One of the terms added by myself covered the legal issue as to Intellectual property theft. The original NDA had to be presented to show proof the terms were meet. In the end it fell through but it's not dead in the water yet.
Had a seller trying to have me sign a NDA to buy a proto. For them they still worked in the indusrty and did not want their name being published. The original NDA they signed was for a ten year agreement which was expired. They were looking for another ten years out of my NDA which was crazy.
I'd tell him to get lost then.
I dunno, we have all bought and sold houses, cars, and other shit and its mostly public information, whether its 10 dollars or 10 million. So what point does an nda serve for selling something like one of world famous tim atwoods stadium events... hype, pretend important, james bondish sorta thing i guess. Definitely should be top secret after bragging about it.
Can say in the cases in which I bought and had to sign NDAs the sellers were more concerned with privacy. Can't go into detail which would help rather a good bit. It seemed crazy to me at the time but in order to close the deal they requested a NDA.
Never a proper NDA though.