[Snail]

I find the:

Hello,

and the

Jeff,

a bit... Patronizing.

[achtung]

Well, they are going to probably re-enable my account as long as I don't host the ISOs again.

Of course, I'm taking them up on that offer.

[Tyrian]

What about the people who downloaded the ISOs?

Personally, I legally purchased the Game of the Year Edition of FS2 (the one with the extra missions + Operation Templar) about 5 years ago.  However, my CD's are really old and are starting to get a little funky.  As a result, I've had to rely on the ISO's to get my version of FS2 running again. 

My question is this:  If I download the ISO's (which I guess is technically pirating), but still possess the retail CD's that I bought all those years ago, can I still get in legal trouble for the download?  (The download took place a few weeks ago.)

[Aardwolf]

Well, on the one hand, the guys responsible are ignorant bastards.

Edit: Tyrian, I believe (although I'm not a lawyer) that if you legally own the thing, you can't get in trouble for this. I'm basing that on the sort of legal logic behind SNES ROMS, where if you own a copy of the game, you can legally get the ROM, but otherwise you are obligated to delete it after 24 hours.

[Tyrian]

OK, whew.  That's what I thought, but I just wanted to make sure.

[achtung]

Okay, it had to be the bandwidth.

Turns out I'd used 200 gigs in like two days, meaning someone posted in a place they shouldn't have, or Freespace is becoming EXTREMELY popular.

[Polpolion]

Are you going to make a forum again?

[achtung]

For what?

I was actually thinking of giving those All Aviation guys a bit of space.

[Dysko]

All Aviation is down. Maybe forever

Though if you want to give us a place to talk about aviation we'd be very pleased

[Wobble73]

Umm, Swantz!! In light of this, you might want to update your signature!

[achtung]

All Aviation is down. Maybe forever

Though if you want to give us a place to talk about aviation we'd be very pleased

Give me name ideas and it's a go.

Wobble, I had sigs disabled, didn't even notice

[peterc10]

ive noticed sites like www.freespacezone.com are also down, is this becuase of the same reasons?

[Turey]

The relevant sentence everyone conveniently neglects to read is "Any permissions granted herein are provided on a temporary basis and can be withdrawn by Interplay Productions at any time."

* Turey just used that in an argument on Digg about FS.

Okay, it had to be the bandwidth.

Turns out I'd used 200 gigs in like two days, meaning someone posted in a place they shouldn't have, or Freespace is becoming EXTREMELY popular.

* Turey just used 4.5TB on FreeSpace.

ive noticed sites like www.freespacezone.com are also down, is this becuase of the same reasons?

FreeSpace Community is getting a large influx of new members. Even those sites which aren't taken down by the ISP are getting hit with MASSIVE bandwidth. Hunter probably had to take the ISOs off of freespacezone.

[jr2]

Hm, I noticed www.nukelol.com/fs is down as of like a week ago.... It had the FS1, ST, & FS2 disks, also I believe instructions for getting the newest SCP... This sucks   Ppl are looking, and the sites are breaking under the load.

[MP-Ryan]

What about the people who downloaded the ISOs?

Personally, I legally purchased the Game of the Year Edition of FS2 (the one with the extra missions + Operation Templar) about 5 years ago.  However, my CD's are really old and are starting to get a little funky.  As a result, I've had to rely on the ISO's to get my version of FS2 running again. 

My question is this:  If I download the ISO's (which I guess is technically pirating), but still possess the retail CD's that I bought all those years ago, can I still get in legal trouble for the download?  (The download took place a few weeks ago.)

Two things:
1.  Extra missions?  Operation: Templar?  What's all this?
2.  Burn backup CDs.  Most EULAs have a provision for that.  Alternatively, if the ISOs you have are of the CDs you have, they can be considered backups.

One again, this is an 8 year old game.  Interplay should be kissing ass around here for keeping it alive.  Unless they re-release it, I don't think anyone has anything serious to worry about.

[Snail]

Interplay decided that FS2 sucked and didn't advertise at all, opting to advertise another game that ultimately failed.




Well maybe that is just a false belief, but it makes me feel better.

[Game_Master64]

dream host have always been *****es, and Interplay were retards. However, if Interplay has started to try to hold on to the lisence for the "Freespace" title, this could result in one of two things. one if FS2 Special Edition, the other, well, you think about it.

[achtung]

This wasn't Interplay.  The fact that I hit my "bandwidth throttle" caught their attention, and they exercised their right to remove potentially copyrighted content from their servers.  They did nothing wrong, they just want to cover their asses like everyone does.

[BrotherBryon]

The game of year edition had an extra campaign called Operation Templar that dealt with the Hammer of Light. It also contained a couple of extra missions.

[MP-Ryan]

The game of year edition had an extra campaign called Operation Templar that dealt with the Hammer of Light. It also contained a couple of extra missions.

Anyone have this floating around?  Some of us don't have the GOTY edition =(