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Posted June 18, 2011
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beresk_let: EULA of Myst III: Exile (I'm sure there're more similar EULAs, but I have no proofs right now) says that I'm allowed to install the game on _any_ number of PCs, but I'm not allowed to run more than one copy of the game installed from one CD at the moment.
Are you sure it doesn't say any number of PCs that you own? Anyway, as I said before, the copyright act is a better starting point as a EULA—or clauses within—might not necessarily be legally binding if in conflict with your copyright act. You will have to do your own detective work (if you are even interested in learning more, that is.)
Posted June 18, 2011
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hedwards: I know for years much of the cracking action was being done there, but I wasn't sure whether there was any more likelihood of using the cracks there than here or elsewhere.
Well, AFAIK, cracking games is not always some kind of dirty business — sometimes it's a form of protest against DRM (yes, I've just mentioned it already). I don't mean Steam here, but Securom, Starforce and the Stay-Online-Forever-DRM by Ubisoft.

I hate the fact that I can't play some of my games (Myst IV: Revelations, for example — yes, I'm a Myst fan) without a disk in my DVD-ROM. I hate my disks being scratched even a bit!..
Well, it's starting to be a generic DRM moaning, so I'm shutting up.
Posted June 18, 2011
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beresk_let: Also, prices for video games here in Russia are _really_ low, especially comparing to prices in Europe.
Publishers lower prices because they'll get more sales and make a bigger profit that way. However, they are absolutely terrified of people buying local versions for reduced prices and shipping them abroad, so they use the only effective protection - Russian versions do not contain alternate language tracks, now circumvent THAT. And given that most people just do not care about quality, having original versions in stock is not economically viable.

Legal options exist, though: ebay, select European stores (the shipment will sit at customs for several months and may get lost in transit without any compensation; options with tracking cost about $40), and digital distribution. This is why I'm so pissed at EA. Sure, Battlefield 3 may cost $59 in US and $35 in Russia, but I want to have a choice. If EA doesn't want my $59, they aren't getting a cent from me outside of GOG.
Posted June 18, 2011
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Darling_Jimmy: Are you sure it doesn't say any number of PCs that you own?
Yes, I'm sure. Double-checked it just now.

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Darling_Jimmy: You will have to do your own detective work (if you are even interested in learning more, that is.)
I can report in this thread about results, if you're interested.
Posted June 18, 2011
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beresk_let: if you're interested.
Not really. ;p
Posted June 18, 2011
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Starmaker: Russian versions do not contain alternate language tracks, now circumvent THAT. And given that most people just do not care about quality, having original versions in stock is not economically viable.
Most of newest games (such as Alice, for example, or L. A. Noire) aren't localized at all — and I'm pleased with it.
Anyway, I mentioned the low (err: FREAKIN' LOW) quality of localization myself =)

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Starmaker: Legal options exist, though: ebay, select European stores (the shipment will sit at customs for several months and may get lost in transit without any compensation; options with tracking cost about $40), and digital distribution. This is why I'm so pissed at EA. Sure, Battlefield 3 may cost $59 in US and $35 in Russia, but I want to have a choice. If EA doesn't want my $59, they aren't getting a cent from me outside of GOG.
There's one more option, though.
I've bought local version of DA:O and have chosen "English" when I was activating it in Origin. Now my game is in English.
Posted June 18, 2011
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hedwards: I know for years much of the cracking action was being done there, but I wasn't sure whether there was any more likelihood of using the cracks there than here or elsewhere.
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beresk_let: Well, AFAIK, cracking games is not always some kind of dirty business — sometimes it's a form of protest against DRM (yes, I've just mentioned it already). I don't mean Steam here, but Securom, Starforce and the Stay-Online-Forever-DRM by Ubisoft.

I hate the fact that I can't play some of my games (Myst IV: Revelations, for example — yes, I'm a Myst fan) without a disk in my DVD-ROM. I hate my disks being scratched even a bit!..
Well, it's starting to be a generic DRM moaning, so I'm shutting up.
Indeed, I know there's a few games here that have cracks incorporated because the source with which they could have properly removed the DRM has long since been lost.

But, it's also the case that legitimate or not, some countries are more stringent about clamping down on that sort of activity than others are, whether or not there's a legitimate reason to need the cracks.
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