Actually, certain friends of mine in college found that it was unusually difficult to burn or wrip off copies of Theif, System Shock II, etc. I'm not saying it can't be done... just that Looking Glass Studios actually went to a decent ammount of effort to make it a pain in the ass to do. Frankly, Looking Glass Studios would be the last company I'd expect to see wripped off, if only because they're smart about it. I'm no expert, but to me it seems like the exact opposite of writing an encryption standard for DVD's which isn't hardy enough to withstand Linux geeks for more than a few months.
I'm sorry to see the company go, but I don't think this one can be chalked up to piracy.
Um... I'd just like to point out that this country was founded by a bunch of smugglers who didn't feel like paying taxes. America used to pretend it was about freedom... Now, it doesn't try as hard to pretend. Oh.. and as far as throwing people (or insisting they leave) when they don't share one's own socio-ecconomic philosphy... I don't think I need to say more.
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Actually, certain friends of mine in college found that it was unusually difficult to burn or wrip off copies of Theif, System Shock II, etc. I'm not saying it can't be done... just that Looking Glass Studios actually went to a decent ammount of effort to make it a pain in the ass to do. Frankly, Looking Glass Studios would be the last company I'd expect to see wripped off, if only because they're smart about it. I'm no expert, but to me it seems like the exact opposite of writing an encryption standard for DVD's which isn't hardy enough to withstand Linux geeks for more than a few months.
I'm sorry to see the company go, but I don't think this one can be chalked up to piracy.
Um... I'd just like to point out that this country was founded by a bunch of smugglers who didn't feel like paying taxes. America used to pretend it was about freedom... Now, it doesn't try as hard to pretend. Oh.. and as far as throwing people (or insisting they leave) when they don't share one's own socio-ecconomic philosphy... I don't think I need to say more.