Incredibly the publisher gets a cut of the new sale because at that point they have part interest in the ownership of the item.

Once the item is sold to a punter the person owns the item, the publisher then has no interest, no share, no comeback.

Which is why I guess the games market is trying to move away from media being the product to a download and licence model with no transference of licences.

I think this guy needs to re-read what ownership actualy means..

kettle = 3000w (UK/240v, 13amps) for 2 min.

Google search 1/100000th of a blade server (or whatever) at ~200w for about 0.01 seconds.

So, simple (green) maths has them almost equal...