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Thread ID: 85497 2007-12-12 03:13:00 BioShock 5 installation restriction qazwsxokmijn (102) PC World Chat
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620489 2007-12-12 19:20:00 But what is the alternative to DRM?

It is intellectual property and gaming developers, especially, spend a hell of a lot of money on developing titles. If they didn't protect it in some way then it would be pirated. What else can they do to protect their investment? 		Deane F (8204)
620490 2007-12-12 19:52:00 Well lets start an anti-piracy rant then shall we?
I personally think if they stopped charging so much for the games we'd all be quite happy to buy them.

Now take a look at what games sell for in various overseas shops. A lot less than NZ.
Do they lose money? No - so they actually just charge more here for instance, because they can.

And all the various copy protections don't stop piracy, not even Steam, so who does it inconvenience? The legit buyer.

I buy most of my games overseas, then stick a NO-CD on and leave them installed for ages, if I enjoyed the game.

Those that I don't enjoy get uninstalled and sold.

Can't see why you have to install/uninstall/install. Short of reformatting your PC or some such. 		pctek (84)
620491 2007-12-12 22:10:00 I'm looking to buy a second-hand BioShock that had been installed twice, meaning there will be 3 installations left . From what I've heard, BioShock needs to be activated online, so doesn't that mean their servers count how many times the key had been activated?


It must be a grey area, selling used games CD's . You have got the full use out
of the game, so should you be allowed to sell it to another person so they
can get the full use of the game (& the software developer missing out on a ligit sale or royalty from use of the game) .

Is there some fine print in there regarding reselling of used software .
Can the licence of this game(& other games) be transfered?? 		steveroby (9470)
620492 2007-12-12 22:31:00 But what is the alternative to DRM?

It is intellectual property and gaming developers, especially, spend a hell of a lot of money on developing titles . If they didn't protect it in some way then it would be pirated . What else can they do to protect their investment?


There was a outcry of 'unfair play' when Norton first started requiring online
registration/activation . Why, probhably because it meant that it made it harder
to use one CD on multiple PC's . . .
Before MS , Norton etc required online activation, Pirating of there products
was rampant in this country . Whole Companies using the one Office CD was common . That has now almost stopped . (almost)

But I do take an issue when DRM stops the product from working correctly
(copy protected Music CD's that wont play in my Home CD Player, Sony's famous rootkit, games that run/load alot faster with a 'noCD' patch) 		steveroby (9470)
620493 2007-12-13 01:43:00 IMHO if they fixed the problems with Steam it would be a good anti-piracy tool. It would stop the casual pirates anyway.

Would u even buy a game that u couldn't sell second-hand? I'm not sure whether the fineprint in Bioshock says u can't do that or not 		sprinkles (11943)
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