It's not a question of legality lol. I'm wondering if I have to go through a damn hurdle to actually make backup copy's of the discs. If I can have the option to pay to simply copy the discs I already have, I'm all for it. I however do NOT want to take a gamble using another set/downloading new files as I have had bad problems with this in the past.(memory recalls of when I bought The Matrix trilogy from the bargain bin at Wal-Mart only to find to my shagrin ONLY the third disc was readable. Thank god for torrents.) In regards to copyright which I'm exceptionally well aware of(I do read fine-print).
Simply by having nwn installed on more then one computer(you know like having a server running on one computer and playing on another) is a breach in the EULA nwn provides. Meaning all of you should have your asses sued.(EULA does not constitute federal action and is expressly written as a means by which a company has the right to persue litigation/terminate service in the event of a contract breach, meaning you cannot be arrested or imprisoned for breaches therein)
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Moreoever our wonderful content community creating works such as nwnx are in breach as they are injecting code into programs within nwn(modifying it outside it's intended use).
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But lets pretend Atari/BioWare don't particularly care about the state of this game or it's subsidiary software. While you are correct that it is legal to make copies of your CD's, it is not legal to breach protections on the disc in which to make a copy. However that's -also- not an issue as a loophole of the clause is you can make an exact duplicate of the CD(protections included) which effectively nullify the protections in this case without removing them(by lets say CloneCD or many other exact CD duplicating softwares). As a result I can f***ing copy any disc I own(including copies of the original disc) so long as it's the same copy with protections included. But I digress.... I was asking IF nwn has protections before I start making duplicate CDs that don't work because of a protection I was unaware of.(you know because I have plenty of coasters) Duplicating CD software need to be setup for the protections involved or a written disc can be rendered worthless.
Modifié par Highv Priest, 04 janvier 2013 - 09:52 .
