Comments on: 12,000 Earth 2160 charges

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 18:04:22 +0000

Yes, it is utterly fruitless to believe that for every pirated copy, an original in not sold.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 15:22:44 +0000

I bought it, i like it and consider it worth it. They have already released a patch and some customisation tools. They will provide support and patches for quite some time to come. If they force some warez monkeys to fork up some money for a quality product, i’m not going to lose any sleep.
When asked about the delay of the release of Earth 2160.
Mr. Mirek Dymek, the project leader of Earth 2160 crossed his arms obstinately and said “The game is done, when it’s done and there is no way that we are going to follow the annoying trend of releasing an unfinished game on our public.”
http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/earth-2160-online/571576p1.html

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 09:43:14 +0000

G’day ;o)

oh yeah i’m sure it’ll be hacked, in fact i expect to see OSX running on it within a couple of weeks of it being released lol ;o) It makes me wonder what MS was thinking when they made those statements. Were they just trying to con errr “inform” their shareholders or what? Or maybe deliberately provoking the hackers so they can go after them for violating the dmca.

Wow, where do you…. No don’t answer that, don’t want to let the xxAA’s know which govt they have to pressure into “fixing that problem”. I think in Oz it was legal to use modchips in consoles, but only to overcome region locking, ntsc vs pal stuff etc, not to bypass copy protection. Then i think some console maker whined and got it “fixed” or something.

Yeah I always “try before i buy” with software too. Doesn’t mean i don’t ever buy any, just only stuff that i like/want and works. Been burned by too many games that were buggy as all hell, or crap as all hell. Won’t be making those mistakes again.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 16:30:00 +0000

hey tony…

i never buy electronics unless i’ve first tried them out in a shop, and p2p is how i try out other things before i buy them. and i always wait at least at least a year after testing something frpm p2p before i buy it. i won’t pay top prices for things that aren’t worth it. and that also includes the electronics.

and btw, just because the xbox 360 is supposed to be “hack-proof” doesn’t mean it won’t be hacked. where i live it’s totally legal to modify game consoles. mod kits are sold in all major shops and even can be modded by professional technicians. same with region-coded dvd players.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 10:18:28 +0000

Would you buy a product without first being able to see it working, take a look at it in person or otherwise “test drive” it? If that product couldn’t be returned or refunded even if it didn’t work when you got it home unless the retailer decided to allow it, and you realise that’s just cause they’ll palm it off on someone else as though it’s brand new?

If trying to return it to most retailers got you labelled as some kind of criminal, even if it’s clearly a non-functional POS? If the makers provided you with “info” stating that you are not allowed under any circumstances to sell that product second hand? “Info” that also included restrictions on what you can and cannot do with that product?

What if the makers of some of these products insisted that you contact them and inform them you’ve bought the product before being allowed to use it for the first time?

No?

Why do you buy software?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 09:26:49 +0000

Revenue is not lost unless it is first acquired. The non-sales caused by P2P networks are also not researchable enough to determine a figure for what they are discussing. The correct terminology here would be “We believe that we have a significant quantity of unrealized revenue due to P2P-based sharing of copies of our software.” Note “believe” and “unrealized” being used. “Lost” requires that it be in one’s possession. “Unrealized” is unencumbered by this requirement, and simply indicates that which has not come to pass instead of that which was acquired and subsequently taken away.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 00:19:35 +0000

The only way to deal with this crap is to have nothing to do with this game (or any other products these a-holes sell). As long as the cash register keeps ringing this kind of abusive thugs will continue their bad behaviour.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 21:11:14 +0000

Currently, there are 12 torrents listed for it on torrentspy.com.

There is one torrent (10mbit.com) that has 1750 leechers and 650 seeders.

Yes, it’s definitely been eradicated from the P2Psphere……

Instead of trying to shake down the leechers for 50 Euros with threats and nasty letters, why doesn’t Zuxxez get Logistep to set up a tracker and then give the URL and .torrent file (with user unique hash) to whoever is willing to pay, let’s say 29 Euros?

Such heretical ideas that disrupt that status quo of outmoded, yet comfortable, models for digital products as physical property will surely incur the wrath of the IP cartels and their lawyers.