Bonthouse
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Originally Posted by marvin /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yep. Just look at Demigod's launch. Of the 120k logins on launch day, only 18k were legitimate buyers. Made a fine mess of their servers for the first few days which resulted in some terrible reviews. No wonder PC gaming is dying. |
Originally Posted by demoNMaCHiN3 /img/forum/go_quote.gif offtopic but illegal copies didn't cause the server problems: "GameStop started selling the game four days before the official release date, so the Stardock guys had to hobble together a network made seemingly made out of cans and string, causing most players to see delays when joining games or having the game give up after a few minutes." Demigod Review - AtomicGamer - Free video game downloads, patches, videos, demos, reviews, previews, and screenshots. anyway, the game feels like a beta, especially to people who play DotA. don't attribute poor sales due to piracy when it's obvious it is due to the fact the game is mediocre at best. |
Originally Posted by mbd2884 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I don't know about your guys, but 500,000 CDs sold and not one cent seems a bit well, crappy for the artist. |
Originally Posted by chesebert /img/forum/go_quote.gif all this debate..and its not really settle whether a downloader's downloading music from another, whose music was legally obtained and had the right to make copy for her own personal enjoyment, and the downloader's use of the downloaded music for personal enjoyment constitute willful copyright infringement. |
Originally Posted by Dzjudz /img/forum/go_quote.gif Of course, laws aren't the same everywhere. In the Netherlands, it's perfectly legal to download (not upload) music and movies. Games and applications, on the other hand, not. Still, I just ordered 5 CDs yesterday. So while I do download a lot of music (it's my main source of new material), if I really like an album, I'll buy it on CD as well. Same with movies/DVDs. |
Originally Posted by Snake /img/forum/go_quote.gif The first party has every right to make a copy for their own enjoyment as per Fair Use. But once you make it available for downloading by others the first party violates Fair Use by making the copy available and the second party violates copyright by not having a contract under Fair Use at all, as they did not purchase an original to qualify for Fair Use in the first place. |