[–] Grospoliner 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
This isn't the first time an IP has been hit with licensing issues.
[–] The_Flaming_Amarant 0 points 13 points 13 points (+13|-0) ago
Consumers need some rights where digital games are concerned.
[–] tribblepuncher 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
I believe getting rid of all IP would be, at best, counterproductive.
Though extremely limited in term (not even 14 years, think more like 5-7) and banning DRM or other artificial means of enforcement would probably diminish this considerably. IIRC most copyrighted items have already made most of the cash they'll ever make by 5 years in anyway.
[–] CANCEL-CAT-FACTS 0 points 13 points 13 points (+13|-0) ago
This is retarded. People bought and paid for that game 10 years ago, and should not have a part of their purchase retroactively taken away. And I am glad they are not taking away Supernature.
[–] ProgNaziGator 0 points 18 points 18 points (+18|-0) ago (edited ago)
Like when you buy a 30yr old DVD set of tv show and a 1/3 music is replaced with weird filler.
As if I didn't already hate the music industry a maximum amount.
Scrubs and northern exposure are two worst examples I know of.
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[–] Broc_Lia 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
It is a clusterfuck by nature. Trying to legislate and "protect" hazy concepts is a terrible idea. Ideas are not property and can't be treated like property. All it does is make small creative outlets afraid to do anything because they can't afford the billion dollar lawsuit if time warner decide they own whatever that outlet produced.
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[–] Diathorus 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
This is one of the fucked-up things about Steam. Patching decades old games to remove shit because of some greedy jackass. And there is no fucking way around this shit in the options last I checked. It's either patch when Steam starts or patch when the game starts, and even if you would get it to run without running the patch in the future if you would reinstall the game that content would still be lost.
People really should shit more on Valve for not separating previous purchases with future ones after the fact.
There is a way around it, I don't know the details. But I was running fallout 4 with it sitting wanting to update for about a month by launching it through the nexus launcher so I would guess linking directly to the .exe may work or it may be due to me using the script extender not the normal .exe that it didn't trigger a forced update. I can't say how but it is possible assuming you have it already installed before the patch.
[–] ViperCarbz 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
This is why I've never watched the three original firms.
[–] tribblepuncher 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago (edited ago)
This is why I won't buy a Kindle, because Amazon has pulled this kind of shit several times before.
Plus, this is also one of the many, many reasons why copyright is bad as it is currently enforced and needs to be smacked down and HARD.
Because this is the tip of the ice berg.
EDIT: Also, this is another reason why one should be very careful about what updates one accepts.
[–] RightAuthoritarian 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The solution is easy enough. My two-year-old Kindle Paperwhite has never connected to the Internet and is in perpetual airplane mode. Nothing forces you to buy eBooks from Amazon and all of the books worth reading are out of copyright by this point anyway.