Is this Legal?
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Agent
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written Friday, January 6 2006 11:38
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Guys, I was just randomly googling the web for another game, and happened to fund these sites: http://www.comcast.net/games/playgames/details.jsp?fn=download/geneforge http://www.comcast.net/games/playgames/details.jsp?fn=download/geneforge2 At first I thought that they were legal versions that Spidweb sells to this company (like shareware companies do), but then I took a look at the Prices. You can buy Geneforge 1 for $14.99, and GF2 for $19.99 Considering we have to pay $25 from spidweb for these games, I'm wondering if this is legal. Should I email JV about this? Thanks for your input. - Archmagus Micael EDIT: Emailed Jeff about this, and he said that it was al legal, in fact, he makes good money from it, so it's all okay. [ Saturday, January 14, 2006 09:57: Message edited by: Archmagus Micael ] -------------------- "You dare Trifle with Avernum?" ~ Erika the Archmage -------------------- My Scenarios: Undead Valley : A small Undead problem, what could possibly go wrong? -------------------- Richard Black - PROOF of his existance (the Infernal one's website). -------------------- MY FORUM! Randomosity at it's highest! :) Posts: 1370 | Registered: Thursday, June 10 2004 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Friday, January 6 2006 11:45
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You'd think that since it's Comcast, it'd be legit. Murr. -------------------- Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck. 'Spiderweb Software' anagrammmed: 'Word-bereft A**wipe' Posts: 702 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Friday, January 6 2006 11:57
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The page doesn't seem to give Spiderweb Software any credit, but what they're offering for download is only the free demo, which unless tampered with should say clearly who made it, and I don't think that they are trying to sell it themselves, though I can't tell very well because the 'Buy' button seems to decide that I have the wrong OS and send me somewhere useless. I'm guessing there's no problem. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Friday, January 6 2006 11:58
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That's very odd. Wonder if Jeff knows... -------------------- And everybody say....Yatta! Posts: 1287 | Registered: Thursday, August 14 2003 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Friday, January 6 2006 11:59
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On the off chance of this being legitimate, I'll say this: I have no idea who Comcast are. This is unsuprising, nobody can know every company that exists. So I'm siding with the devil I know. I would be highly sceptical of this being legal. There is the possiblity of this "Comcast" subsidising your purchase by paying Jeff the difference. But this is utterly illogical. Far more likely is that they are selling a product they don't own, or running a scam. When in doubt, buy direct from the manufacturer. -------------------- Microsoft Patents Ones, Zeroes (March 25, 1998) "Asians are good at Starcraft because they're always squinting, thus they can see things sharply. Remember to always squint in war." ~ Sun-Tzu Posts: 215 | Registered: Sunday, April 7 2002 08:00 |
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Friday, January 6 2006 12:06
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Comcast is a well known American supplier of wire-based services (cable tv, internet and phone) and it may be that Jeff hooked up a sweet deal where he got lump-summed and gave them the rights to distribute those two games at those prices. They certainly have a wider audience than spidweb.com and the shareware cds. You might go ahead anyways and drop Jeff a line to verify that this is the case. Otherwise they may have the prices wrong, but if you can buy direct from them, without Jeff's permission, it just screams out keygen. I wonder if you did buy from them, and then needed a reinstall, if Jeff would supply a new key?? *this message sponsored by comcast's competitors* -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Friday, January 6 2006 12:26
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Maybe it´s a good idea to bother Jeff with this question, I would do it! :rolleyes: -------------------- You know, why the Sliths are green - because of their scales. Maybe you know why some slith eyes were once red - ´cause the demons, which led them were red. But why are the eyes of the Slith Lord Followers red? Because they see the remains of their enemies always before the battle begins! Posts: 179 | Registered: Friday, November 25 2005 08:00 |
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written Friday, January 6 2006 14:03
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The "Buy" link goes straight to RealArcade, which is a company which we already know that Jeff has an agreement with. There's nothing shady going on here. Move along. (By the way, as I understand it, they're able to offer lower prices than SW because they buy fewer copies than they have players and relicense them out to players while they're playing. Players play through an online client, and can only play if at least one copy of the game isn't already in use by someone else. Something like that, anyway.) [ Friday, January 06, 2006 14:17: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Master
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written Friday, January 6 2006 20:59
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Buy it through Spiderweb just to be sure. -------------------- -ben4808 Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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Mongolian Barbeque
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written Friday, January 6 2006 21:13
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One of the things I really love about doing business with Spiderweb is that I can visualize the entire transaction. I download the demo, play it, send the code to Jeff along with $32, he sends me the key, I type it in and unlock the rest of the game, and a hintbook arrives in the mail a few days later. A real person actually does the order processing. I can wrap my little brain around that and it makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Saturday, January 7 2006 08:04
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Yeah, it cost much less here. Uhm... I think I will buy on Spiderweb, horewer: it's more safe and I know what I do. One moment! The game here is only for Windows users?! What the... I have a Mac so I MUST buy on Spiderweb, and I am proud of that! :cool: [ Saturday, January 07, 2006 08:07: Message edited by: MagmaDragoon ] -------------------- Download Geneforge 4: Rebellion You have 6 posts. Nobody cares what you think. - Thuryl Wikipedia may be your friend, but UBB is not. - Dikiyoba Posts: 1310 | Registered: Tuesday, December 20 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, January 7 2006 14:05
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quote:My first order took around forty minutes to process, from the time I sent the email asking what discounts apply (and how they accumulate), to the time I entered the code into the game. :) -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |