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  • #16
    Yeah... $70 Hmm... I might get it from my college for less though, being a compSci major, and everything.
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    • #17
      $70 isn't bad, even though $40 is a more reasonable price. Per user, that is.
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      • #18
        Originally posted by Tassadar5000
        Edited by Ming...

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        • #19
          I thought you would appreciate that...
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          • #20
            Originally posted by Asher
            Edited by Ming...

            If the crack program is NOT authorized by the Game company, it is illegal. It's that simple.

            Apolyton does not support or condone the illegal use of Game Software.

            If you continue to discuss using cracks to get around copy protection the posts will be deleted, and you will get restricted.


            Even though actually cracking it is only illegal, the crack itself is not, under the DMCA...

            Why do you think those sites have been around for so long? It's for backup purposes, it's completely and totally legal.
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            • #21
              Only if authorized by the Software company...

              So bring it up again only if you want to get suspended...

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              • #22
                ^^ Not true in jurisdictions like Australia and Europe, where making backups is explicitly allowed by their laws; the company can't prevent you from doing it, no matter what their draconian EULAs may state. (Not sure what Canada's laws are on the subject) So in those areas, downloading a crack -- for the purpose of making a backup -- is simply a means to exercise your rights under the law.

                Now obviously the USA lawyers are the ones who'll hit you the hardest, so I can understand your reluctance to even air the subject on the site.
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                • #23
                  Originally posted by optimus2861
                  Now obviously the USA lawyers are the ones who'll hit you the hardest, so I can understand your reluctance to even air the subject on the site.
                  Just making sure this site stays up and running.
                  There are many other sites where you can go discuss illegal use of software... this isn't one of them
                  Keep on Civin'
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                  • #24
                    We need to do like the Debian project: Start distributing two versions of Apolyton, one for the US and one for the outside world .
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                    • #25
                      Now, now, folks, this is the OT forum, and all, but I was wondering more about whether my problem was caused by copy protection or something else, not how many version of 'Poly there should be.
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                      • #26
                        Ming why do you remove and close all my topics about CD-protections and do not close this one? I think that it's kind of antisemitism.

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by optimus2861
                          So in those areas, downloading a crack -- for the purpose of making a backup -- is simply a means to exercise your rights under the law.
                          In the US, a crack is a violation of the draconian DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) because it forbids circumvention of devices that enforce copyrights. Check out the case of DeCSS for details.
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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by muxec
                            Ming why do you remove and close all my topics about CD-protections and do not close this one? I think that it's kind of antisemitism.
                            Yeah... right...

                            This is a problem about loading a game... discussions on illegal activity have been deleted... so stuff it
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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by muxec
                              I think that it's kind of antisemitism.
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                              • #30
                                Edited by Ming...

                                If you want to discuss illegal ways of solving problems... take it somewhere else...

                                If you want to discuss legal ways to solve the problem...
                                Fine...

                                And if the illegal stuff continues, this thread will be toast.
                                Last edited by Ming; March 19, 2003, 01:58.

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