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General discussion (archive)GOG Arcanum release uses warez scene crack(257 posts)(257 posts)
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Posted March 18, 2010
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Siannah: Last but not least: a lot of the "regulars" posting on codex have rather.... strange.... views on what's right and what not. Mostly they're just hilarious.

That's putting it lightly.
Posted March 18, 2010
Pirates,pirates never change.
Post edited March 18, 2010 by lackoo1111
Posted March 18, 2010
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Sielle: Aren't these the same guys that got pissed because abandonware sites removed games (specifically the M&M collection) from their sites after GOG started selling them? GOG didn't contact the sites at all, they made the decision on their own (and the correct one IMO).

Yes and yes. Same guys, right decision. It's really just a bunch of crybabies who gotten mad because they no longer could get it for free, ignoring the point what the difference between an Abandonware- and a warez-site is.
Posted March 18, 2010
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lackoo1111: "Only morons give money to GOG"
How nice.
*angry*

Nothing new here.
RPGCodex R TEH COOLEST GUYZ!!1
Posted March 18, 2010
I still don't get why GOG actually set up affiliation with them. GOG really should set higher standards for themselves.
Posted March 18, 2010
NO, NO !! IT WAS ME WHAT DID IT . . . I HAVE PROOF GOG USED MY WORK !!
I WANT CREDIT AND I WANT IT NOW !!!
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Posted March 18, 2010
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chautemoc: Heh heh Ubisoft...

LOL yeah.
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Stuff: NO, NO !! IT WAS ME WHAT DID IT . . . I HAVE PROOF GOG USED MY WORK !!
I WANT CREDIT AND I WANT IT NOW !!!

That was in the code? That would certainly explain a few things... :P
Post edited March 18, 2010 by Navagon
Posted March 18, 2010
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Navagon: That was in the code? That would certainly explain a few things... :P

It is vewy vewy hard to remove DRM, I recognize my work any where . . .=P
Posted March 18, 2010
Remember guys, in most cases the cracks are perfectly legal. Especially if a game has invasive DRM, since, at least in North America you are allowed to modify software enough to make it usable, and sometimes that requires removing CD checks.
Distribution of said software not so legal though.
Posted March 18, 2010
Can someone tell me why this matters? I ask this every time some publisher uses a warez crack to remove the DRM from the game, but no one has given me a good reason.
Posted March 18, 2010
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PoSSeSSeDCoW: Can someone tell me why this matters? I ask this every time some publisher uses a warez crack to remove the DRM from the game, but no one has given me a good reason.

Because they don't give attribution to the crackers. Might be an authorship infringement by the publishers but I surely don't know about the paranoid U.S. law. They just should keep their ACTA at home if they need it at all.
Posted March 18, 2010
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PoSSeSSeDCoW: Can someone tell me why this matters? I ask this every time some publisher uses a warez crack to remove the DRM from the game, but no one has given me a good reason.
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Protoss: Because they don't give attribution to the crackers. Might be an authorship infringement by the publishers but I surely don't know about the paranoid U.S. law. They just should keep their ACTA at home if they need it at all.

IIRC, you can't sue in defense of something or claim ownership upon that violates the law. These cracks violate the DMCA by removing the DRM without the consent of the publisher. Furthermore, you also can't claim ownership, unless it's in the public domain, on something that you modify without the owner's consent. If I took the first Harry Potter book, changed every instance of the word "the" to the word "frog" and tried to enforce copyright if the publisher took my work, I would get laughed out of court, with good reason.
Posted March 18, 2010
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Protoss: Because they don't give attribution to the crackers. Might be an authorship infringement by the publishers but I surely don't know about the paranoid U.S. law. They just should keep their ACTA at home if they need it at all.

So basically it's martens complaining about eggthieves? Yeah, that's understandable. Oh wait...
Posted March 18, 2010
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PoSSeSSeDCoW: If I took the first Harry Potter book, changed every instance of the word "the" to the word "frog" and tried to enforce copyright if the publisher took my work, I would get laughed out of court, with good reason.

Change every instance of the word "wand" to the word "wang" and they'll have an even better reason. ^^
Posted March 18, 2010
Yeah. This is a non-issue. [See my response on codex thread].
On the other discussion: As much as I disagree - politically - with codex (and I always have, despite donating to the page way back when it was a little more focused on quality content), I do think it does have a purpose. Less now than it used to, maybe, but there is, among all the drivel, valuable discussion.
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