ElTerprise: Is that from the Discworld?

skeletonbow: Got a link to GOG stating that? Just curious because I watched a GOG TwitchTV broadcast in which Marcin Iwinski stated that they have hollywood studios willing to try DRM-free for some of their content but they do not have worldwide distribution rights. Said they're willing to offer GOG certain titles if they will accept regional distribution where they're able to offer it. Marcin then put the question out to customers "Would you guys be ok with having regional distribution of movies since there is no precedence either way for movies on GOG?" <paraphrase>

He asked for people to comment about it, and I don't know what the results of that were but when I read the forums any time I see anyone talk about regional linked content - regardless of the legal or other reasons why such content might be regional-only, people get very very upset and angry and don't want to see it here.

So, from what I've seen said so far it sounds like there is no chance of real movies or TV Shows ever coming to GOG.com due to highly vocal customers rejecting outright the regional distribution of content en-masse, and it being next to impossible to secure worldwide distribution rights of that content. Basically, what is actually possible to do, and what people demand be the case are perpetually irreconcilable, at least on GOG.com.

All is not lost though, GOG.com's parent company CD Projekt already sells all kinds of stuff in Poland that they do not sell on GOG.com, including Steam games ( http://cdp.pl ), so perhaps CD Projekt could open up a brand new subsidiary "GOM.com" (Good Old Movies) or something to sell movies under whatever terms they're able to get them DRM-free and start a new business model there without any pre-existing expectations. I'm sure many GOG customers who are aware of the complex legal issues in the movie distribution world and are willing to accept regionally licensed content rather than not have any content at all, would be willing to support such product offerings.

Unless a future Twitch.TV with Marcin suggests that things are moving forward positive on the Hollywood front though, I have my serious doubts we will ever see such video content available on GOG, although I'd love to be proven wrong on that for sure.

phaolo: Argh, Cognition again.. does anyone think that it's very good? That price is tempting!

toxicTom: Btw,what about the Borg?

toxicTom: Get the English originals. The translations aren't bad per se, but a lot of the word plays get lost.

toxicTom: The nice thing is, under all the tomfoolery there is a great deal of wisdom hidden. "Now is now..."

blakstar: *is not particularly worried since his avatar knows what evil's lurking around here* :-D

toxicTom: Get the English originals. The translations aren't bad per se, but a lot of the word plays get lost.

toxicTom: Btw,what about the Borg?

Crewdroog: *calmly and slowly approaches blakstar and hold out a tablet with a link*

touch it!

*eyes go wide in anticipation*

ElTerprise: I try to do this as uch as possible anyway. But i keep that in mind.

Dalthnock: This makes me very, very sad.

So, because some people won't be able to get some movies, NO ONE is allowed to get them?

Tha hell is this, COMMUNISM??? I'll have NO part of THAT, good sir!

Haven't these people ever heard of baby steps? Based on what you say they said - I know, I know... not exactly a legal document - it seems big Hollywood studios are at least trying to take some baby steps towards proper digital movie distribution.

Baby steps, people... all or nothing is a cool dream when you're a teenager, but things just don't work that way. Somebody has to take a risk at first, & if everybody shuts down the idea right away, it'll never happen.

Bring on the movies - I got your back, GOG... *I* will deal with these people.