Copy? Right... - Page 2

The_YongGrand · 8th Sep 2007, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

Hehe.. Imagine the game shipping with a biometric scanning dongle. Now, that would be the ultimate DRACONIAN measure!

Only the person buying it can scan his/her retina/finger and only that person can play. It would make it virtually impossible to resell the game, or even let your family play.

I heard of that biometric-dongle thingy, but it's only for locking up computers! Oh man, maybe they could make that Bioshock game for Family of Five package, or Single person, or something else...

Adrian Wong · 8th Sep 2007, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by The_YongGrand

I heard of that biometric-dongle thingy, but it's only for locking up computers! Oh man, maybe they could make that Bioshock game for Family of Five package, or Single person, or something else...

Eh, they already have biometric dongles??? I was just conjecturing...

The_YongGrand · 8th Sep 2007, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

Eh, they already have biometric dongles??? I was just conjecturing...

Fingerprint-scan dongles. These are for real! I read it in a PC magazine, that you can lock the computer with the dongle. Sounds like Star Trek!

Dashken · 8th Sep 2007, 11:08 AM

The article has been updated!

Copyright measures are increasingly becoming bothersome to some gamers. A recent example of this was the recently launched game, BioShock.

When do we as consumers draw the line? At what point does it become too much of a hassle. And how is it in our interests when all we are getting in return is even more inconvenience?

Here's a quote from the article :-

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"Gaming. Definitely one of my favorite past-times. Whenever a PC game is released, it used to evoke great anticipation and excitement in eager gaming fans. But now, they also elicit groans of dread and frustration, thanks to the dreaded copy protection that most PC games now come with. Lately, the Internet is abuzz about 2K Game's utterly stupid implementation of SecuROM (Sony's rootkit) in their latest game, BioShock. In fact, that issue is the progenitor of this very article."

Link : Copy? Right... Rev. 2.0

Adrian Wong · 8th Sep 2007, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by The_YongGrand

Fingerprint-scan dongles. These are for real! I read it in a PC magazine, that you can lock the computer with the dongle. Sounds like Star Trek!

Well, many notebooks have biometric scanners but I have never seen a dongle yet.

PsYkHoTiK · 8th Sep 2007, 02:57 PM

http://www.apc.com/resource/include/...ase_sku=BIOPOD

sgt · 9th Sep 2007, 03:04 AM

I just do not have the patience that's required to mess with all the copyright protection that these companies put on...so...I go the other route

At 72 years of age, if a game gives me one bit of difficulty, out it goes. Honestly? I will only purchase a game if it gives me no difficulty at all!!! To do otherwise is to defeat the intent of my playing...

I play for relaxation and enjoyment, not frustration and aggravation.

PsYkHoTiK · 9th Sep 2007, 08:00 AM

Exactly! A game is something done for leisure. Not for for dealing with all of that horse shit.

Adrian Wong · 9th Sep 2007, 08:02 PM

We should be allowed to just play the games and not worry about all this. Hmm.. It's actually less of a hassle to play using a pirated/hack game than the actual game.

In other words, they are creating more of a hassle for the genuine buyer, than the pirates or those who buy/download hacked games.

DarkUltra · 10th Sep 2007, 09:50 AM

OOhhh.. I wish more people where idealistic. Online Activation and checking is a world I don't wanto live in. Recently Lost Planet for PC forced you to be online if you wanted to play single player. It was fixed in a later patch.

I think Microsoft began all this with their WPA, and as people don't have much of a choice to Microsofts monopoly, there were not much of an outrage or customer loss.

Also why didnt the author mention DRM? DRM, fritz-chip, TCPA, this thing can lock down the PC good, and Microsoft is on a good way with Vista and it's protected kernel.

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sgt Newbie Join Date: 31 May 2005 Posts: 16 Reputation: 31 Rep Power: 0	I'm too old for all this... I just do not have the patience that's required to mess with all the copyright protection that these companies put on...so...I go the other route At 72 years of age, if a game gives me one bit of difficulty, out it goes. Honestly? I will only purchase a game if it gives me no difficulty at all!!! To do otherwise is to defeat the intent of my playing... I play for relaxation and enjoyment, not frustration and aggravation.

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