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Posted July 31, 2013
Hi,

Doesn't make that DRM-free thing torrenting Gog games legal? I mean is it possible to share the games with others or is every game bound to just one customer by any terms? And NO I'm not going to download Gog.com games via Torrent.
Posted July 31, 2013
The DRM-freeness of GOG games gives each individual consumer the right to store and backup their games as they wish for personal use only. Sharing these with other people through any means, including torrents, is illegal.
Posted July 31, 2013
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mondo84: The DRM-freeness of GOG games gives each individual consumer the right to store and backup their games as they wish for personal use only. Sharing these with other people through any means, including torrents, is illegal.
But how are they to find out someone is doing just that?
Posted July 31, 2013
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mondo84: The DRM-freeness of GOG games gives each individual consumer the right to store and backup their games as they wish for personal use only. Sharing these with other people through any means, including torrents, is illegal.
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Soccorro: But how are they to find out someone is doing just that?
And how Steam would find out if you would do that with their game?
Post edited July 31, 2013 by Aver
Posted July 31, 2013
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mondo84: The DRM-freeness of GOG games gives each individual consumer the right to store and backup their games as they wish for personal use only. Sharing these with other people through any means, including torrents, is illegal.
Actually, as far as I remember you can "lend" your copy to a friend. Someone with blue text told us that here somewhere. They just ask you not play it while you have given it to a friend, if I understood this correctly.
That's really kind of gog actually, but anyway sharing = torrents is illegal as you don't have control on how many copies have been shared.
Posted July 31, 2013
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mondo84: The DRM-freeness of GOG games gives each individual consumer the right to store and backup their games as they wish for personal use only. Sharing these with other people through any means, including torrents, is illegal.
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Soccorro: But how are they to find out someone is doing just that?
They can't. They just trust the user.

On the one hand - everyone is a thief at heart and no one can be trusted.
On the other hand - people are basically decent, moral and honorable and can be trusted.

You decide which one you you belive in.
Posted July 31, 2013
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Soccorro: But how are they to find out someone is doing just that?
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amok: They can't. They just trust the user.

On the one hand - everyone is a thief at heart and no one can be trusted.
On the other hand - people are basically decent, moral and honorable and can be trusted.

You decide which one you you belive in.
I belive in spell check! :P
Posted July 31, 2013
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Soccorro: But how are they to find out someone is doing just that?
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Aver: And how Steam would find out if you would do that with their game?
The difference is, gog.com makes it incredibly easy. You just have to run a exe. Installing games have never been easier.
Posted July 31, 2013
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amok: On the one hand - everyone is a thief at heart and no one can be trusted.
On the other hand - people are basically decent, moral and honorable and can be trusted.
I believe in both.
Posted July 31, 2013
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Soccorro: The difference is, gog.com makes it incredibly easy. You just have to run a exe. Installing games have never been easier.
Your failure to wear chainmail makes it easy for me to kill you with a broadsword. Does that make it okay?

The social contract, which is that most of us will abide by the rules most of the time, is what makes civilisation possible. If enough parasites violate the contract, then the system breaks down, whether it's a company or a nation. Then you get extreme responses, such as police states or invasive DRM, in which all members are considered potential criminals rather than potential good citizens.

Decide where you fit in.
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Soccorro: Hi,

Doesn't make that DRM-free thing torrenting Gog games legal? I mean is it possible to share the games with others or is every game bound to just one customer by any terms? And NO I'm not going to download Gog.com games via Torrent.
Torrenting our versions of games is NOT legal and it's totally uncool as a lot of work goes into getting the older ones running for modern systems and really doesn't help the DRM Free cause when people torrent brand new games.
Posted July 31, 2013
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Soccorro: Hi,

Doesn't make that DRM-free thing torrenting Gog games legal? I mean is it possible to share the games with others or is every game bound to just one customer by any terms? And NO I'm not going to download Gog.com games via Torrent.
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JudasIscariot: Torrenting our versions of games is NOT legal and it's totally uncool as a lot of work goes into getting the older ones running for modern systems and really doesn't help the DRM Free cause when people torrent brand new games.
I know it's crappy to do that, that's why i have decided to pay for the games gog.com offers because i appreciate the work. I had to reconfigure games myself to make them run on modern systems and sometimes it was a nightmare.
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JudasIscariot: Torrenting our versions of games is NOT legal and it's totally uncool as a lot of work goes into getting the older ones running for modern systems and really doesn't help the DRM Free cause when people torrent brand new games.
Oh.. < Right click - Pause all Torrents >...
Posted July 31, 2013
Actually you'll notice that TPB (and other torrent sites) actually don't have all GOG's games, there's plenty of missing stuff. I definitely think there's a little bit of a bro agreement that because their DRM-free and all, pirating GOG's is a shitty thing. Same reason the abandonware sites take down old games and put links to GOG (well all the one's I know) when GOG gets that game.
Posted July 31, 2013
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JudasIscariot: Torrenting our versions of games is NOT legal and it's totally uncool as a lot of work goes into getting the older ones running for modern systems and really doesn't help the DRM Free cause when people torrent brand new games.
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Smannesman: Oh.. < Right click - Pause all Torrents >...
I've said my piece but I know my saying anything will do nothing to stop pirates. People will pirate regardless, not pointing fingers but speaking in general.
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