I bought TOCA on GOG.com for one raison, enjoy my game evrywhere! I have 3 PC, my family, my friends and the August 29th 2009 my game won't be avalaible. Next time I'll buy on Amazon.

Hey men.
Did anybody ask you to delete your copy? I don't think so.
So, if I were you I would download TOCA on my HDD, checked if it is OK and burn to a DVD, twice, just to be sure :)
Peace man

So, what happened, exactly? I purchased mine on a whim when I read it was going away because we were assured at the time that we'd be able to have it in "on our shelf" forever, like the other games we've purchased. Did Codemasters/the license holder pull a fast one on you guys, GoG?

Not a huge issue. It's not that complicated to get it backed up, since most people have the possibility to burn them on DVD, or can get the files burned on DVD by friend/relative/workplace.

Personally, knowing that a game will always be available for download is a HUGE selling point for digital distribution. I buy digital copies so I don't have to bother with backups.
I'd love a guarantee that this won't happen again. Without one, I doubt that I'll be buying very much in the future.
(I have never seen this happen to Steam or Gamersgate, by the way)

Actually it is a huge issue. I think one of the big selling points concerning most forms of DD is that you DON'T have to keep a backup around. Having to back up something you purchased digitally to CD/DVD media kinda defeats the point.
I just hope that if no agreement is made to let us download the game(s) whenever we want in the future, we can at least keep the boxes on our virtual shelf :(

I'm considering this thread a message to Codemasters. Seriously guys, assuming it's in your control, give us our game back.

Steam isn't having this issue, so why is GoG? I mean, Steam literally is selling the game still even after GoG had to stop. And now, they'll be able to have access to it permanently over there.
Granted, it could be that Steam itself has a large powerhouse behind it, but if the license expiry was supposed to affect everyone, then why is it not affecting everyone?

+1
This is exactly the way I feel. I'm sure if GoG could have done something, they would have... but that doesn't remove the fact that I think many of us are feeling a little jerked around by the distributor or what not.

Maintaining that I really appreciate GOG and its administrators and will continue to support it, I bought Toca when it was told to us that it would have been removed from the catalogue.
But not from our accounts. I don't think it's a fair move since we are told that we will be able to get "our" games forever to re-download.
I don't even think it's fair to remove the news related to the end-of-may racing promo and Toca's removal from the catalogue as I see now it's been done from the archive of older news :(

One thing that bothers me is that I think Gog.com team knew that the license for the Codemasters game was just temporary. So then, why nothing was posted on the site or in the forum? As a customer I think that when I purchase something I have the right to know if the product is going to be taken off the shelfs and my account for good. Or did Codemasters pulled a trick on you?
A bit disappointed about the situation...

I know the gog team is trying their hardest to give us everything we want, but this issue with Toca 3 and Mcrae 05 is really worrying.
The whole point of gog is to have access to your games no matter where you are. Now two games I have paid money for will vanish from my game list forever. The amount in question is trivial, and I now consider it a donation to the gog team, but the fact that games can disappear from my account puts a huge dent in my enthusiasm for the service. This creates a huge trust problem. Which is bad. Very bad. Trust is the foundation for all of this.
I sincerely hope this will be the very last time a problem like this occurs "after the fact". Had gog given me that info before the purchase I'd at least have known what I'd be getting myself into. Now I can't help but feel a bit ... betrayed. It's a matter of principle - I couldn't care less about the miniscule amount of money I've spent on these soon-to-be nonexistant virtual goods.

I totally agree with CTLance. I'm not going to get mad about the money I spent (I'm not even playing it anymore) and I'll probably keep supporting Gog.com. But I think that saying nothing about the temporary license because Gog team was working "underground" to solve the issue was a bit presumptous: obviously interests other than Gog's ones were involved (Codemasters' for example) and they should have known that there was a big chance that this would have been the ending of the story. I truly believe that they did it bona-fide, but I would have liked more to be told what the situation was before buying the game and then decide for myself. Mind you, I realize that this would have decreased TOCA and Colin sales, but I think the present situation is a bit worse.

TOCA 3 was part of my very first order with GoG and I'm extremely disappointed in this action... I could have bought a brand new retail copy for six dollars and not wasted my time in the first place. I was buying into GoG's service more than the game itself and now either seems unreliable. If the game has been pulled in such a matter how is our backup even considered legal at this point? If it's still Ok for me to have a physical backup why can't GoG still keep it available for download... This is about the most asinine thing I've ever seen for licensing. Codemasters is officially the first company I've ever had to boycott and isn't getting anymore money from me. Now I'm wary about any future purchases from GoG too.