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General discussion (archive)gog.com installer in a "legit" retail copy, wtf?!(70 posts)(70 posts)
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Posted January 19, 2011
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reaver894: Hopefully GOG do unspeakable things to them and then tell us all the dirty details.
But they're unspeakable which implies we can't be told about it, does that mean unspeakable things are perfectly typable or is there some sort of paradox happening?
Posted January 19, 2011
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reaver894: Hopefully GOG do unspeakable things to them and then tell us all the dirty details.
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Aliasalpha: But they're unspeakable which implies we can't be told about it, does that mean unspeakable things are perfectly typable or is there some sort of paradox happening?
What is the internet pretty much full of, if not unspeakable things?
Posted January 19, 2011
Bring down the hammer of justice gog >:D .... and maybe shed some light on the situation for us :D
Posted January 19, 2011
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Aliasalpha: But they're unspeakable which implies we can't be told about it, does that mean unspeakable things are perfectly typable or is there some sort of paradox happening?
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Miaghstir: What is the internet pretty much full of, if not unspeakable things?
Well I'm here so thats one example...
Posted January 19, 2011
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Zeewolf: Could be that they've licensed it?
Doubtful, I'd imagine that there'd be a notice on the packaging somewhere and it's unlikely that they'd leave the binary with the same icon and name.
Posted January 19, 2011
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KavazovAngel: Now this is piracy.

Not some kid sending the game to his friend via Messenger.
Indeed. This is the kind of piracy the publishers should be prosecuting, instead of wasting their time and resources on new and inventive forms of DRM that don't actually work.
Posted January 19, 2011
Fair enough, I just don't want to jump to conclusions. They obviously have a license to sell the game from Codemasters, so it's not completely unthinkable that they have been allowed to use the GOG-version.
Posted January 19, 2011
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FlintlockJazz: GOG should adopt the Conan response:

Crush their enemies, see them driven before GOG, and to hear the lamentation of their women!
All hail Max.
Posted January 19, 2011
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Zeewolf: Fair enough, I just don't want to jump to conclusions. They obviously have a license to sell the game from Codemasters, so it's not completely unthinkable that they have been allowed to use the GOG-version.
How is that in any way obvious? Anybody can photoshop together an official-looking DVD cover, complete with corporate logos and such, but that doesn't mean they have any kind of permission to do anything.
Posted January 19, 2011
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FlintlockJazz: GOG should adopt the Conan response:

Crush their enemies, see them driven before GOG, and to hear the lamentation of their women!
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TheJoe: All hail Max.
That's 'All hail President High Priest Max!" to you!
Posted January 19, 2011
They have been working with Codemasters (http://aralgame.com/content_files/html/aralgame/alt.gif), but selling the gog version isn't same thing I guess.

Probably they lost or broke the master copy (lol?) and found gog version to continue producing/selling it.
Post edited January 19, 2011 by grynn
Posted January 19, 2011
Not going to jump to conclusions but will only say that I hope those who should be paid for this are being paid. Who knows, maybe there is some legal reason that uses the GOG version as an intermediary to allow sales in that country.
Posted January 19, 2011
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Aliasalpha: Well I'm here so thats one example...
We don't speak about you... d'oh!
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HereForTheBeer: Not going to jump to conclusions but will only say that I hope those who should be paid for this are being paid. Who knows, maybe there is some legal reason that uses the GOG version as an intermediary to allow sales in that country.
I'm just going to assume those legal reasons are the same as why movie and music stores in Viet Nam time and again torrent what you're asking for and burn the disc as you wait. I.e. the legal reason being "the country has no laws against piracy".
Post edited January 19, 2011 by Miaghstir
Posted January 19, 2011
This reminds me of a case a Ukrainian reader wrote about in the reader mail section of a Hungarian game magazine. They said they bought a "completely legal" game from a perfectly legit store in Ukraine, which consisted of
1)a pirated ISO of the game in question and
2)a cracked (!) version of Alcohol 120% to mount the ISO in.
The editor said that although he doesn't condone piracy, he suggests the reader just downloads the games he intends to acquire, instead of fueling the pirates who make a living of it.

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KavazovAngel: Now this is piracy.

Not some kid sending the game to his friend via Messenger.
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cogadh: Indeed. This is the kind of piracy the publishers should be prosecuting, instead of wasting their time and resources on new and inventive forms of DRM that don't actually work.
I absolutely agree with this.
Posted January 19, 2011
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KavazovAngel: Now this is piracy.

Not some kid sending the game to his friend via Messenger.
That's still piracy.
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