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Posted September 24, 2008
Well, to be fair, I love fair use rights and consumers rights and all that other stuff which may or may not have grounding in actual common law, but in REALITY you're not buying a product. You're buying a limited license to use someone elses property. Now, because the license is in effect a contract between you and the property holder, in order for you to retain your "consumer rights" and simply sell your license to a 3rd party... you're implying being able to do that without consent of the property holder.
See the problem? It'd be like me, entering into a contract, with, oh, say a woman, promising her I'm her husband, then selling my husband-ship to some other guy. Yeah? Wouldn't she like to maybe have some input in that? The original contract was between me and her, not her and that other guy.
Posted September 25, 2008
and you wonder why the DRM is so restrictive, first you get a copy of a game at a great price and some horses ass decides to screw it up by making illeagle copies and selling them, where's the tar and feathers
Posted September 25, 2008
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Cliftor: in REALITY you're not buying a product. You're buying a limited license to use someone elses property.

Don't forget service, you're also buying the service!
I also think the game specific forums should be locked to content holders only, or if not locked completely, locked so that solved issues either cannot be displayed, or you can only see that the issue was solved, but not how. Because it keeps the forums also as being a paid service. Otherwise when the site goes live, what's to keep people without accounts just coming on and receiving that same service for games they didn't buy from GoG? Maybe it's a bit shady, maybe it's a little controlling like DRM, but I tell you what buddy, it's good business.
Posted September 25, 2008
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Weclock: I also think the game specific forums should be locked to content holders only, or if not locked completely, locked so that solved issues either cannot be displayed, or you can only see that the issue was solved, but not how.

Took a second to realise what you were saying.
I would say that the forums can/should stay open to anyone. No point in locking it down with other vastly larger sites out there (like gamefaqs for instance). Any tech support questions could very well have an arguement made to be locked down. Though what of those people that have a game and don't want to get another? Sure many people are rebuying games just to get rid of the DRM (or the extreme case buying a legit copy then obtaining a pirated version to be 'free' of it). Many of the multiplayer games still functions with the original copies.
How many of the problems posted are being solved by GOG, its employees, or extra code being created? GOG could become a closed community. That doesn't seem to be what GOG is intending to become, a sort of spirit of openess. Using open-source/freeware to makes just work. People helping people to game on.
Posted September 25, 2008
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Weclock: I also think the game specific forums should be locked to content holders only, or if not locked completely, locked so that solved issues either cannot be displayed, or you can only see that the issue was solved, but not how.
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Aro: Took a second to realise what you were saying.
I would say that the forums can/should stay open to anyone. No point in locking it down with other vastly larger sites out there (like gamefaqs for instance). Any tech support questions could very well have an arguement made to be locked down. Though what of those people that have a game and don't want to get another? Sure many people are rebuying games just to get rid of the DRM (or the extreme case buying a legit copy then obtaining a pirated version to be 'free' of it). Many of the multiplayer games still functions with the original copies.
How many of the problems posted are being solved by GOG, its employees, or extra code being created? GOG could become a closed community. That doesn't seem to be what GOG is intending to become, a sort of spirit of openess. Using open-source/freeware to makes just work. People helping people to game on.

Realize, that currently the beta is a closed community to the point where even non-beta testers cannot see the forums.
Personally I hope for a forum wipe once the place goes live, any threads that aren't relevant getting removed.. anyway, that's off topic.
You're absolutely right, that the majority of issues are user solved, however I still think that the community here is a great feature, one they could market easily.
Buy one game, and you're in the community doesn't sound so restrictive to me even.
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