Simple enough. Just go home after submitting your app and change all your passwords.
You have been truthful on the app and now they need to hire you to help them figure out why they can't access your web sites!
Cut the government off first and see how they like it. Then tell them they have to prove they are not doing illegal downloads before they can be reinstated. If 3 times the subscriber base is downloading illegally, this must include the government machines as well.
EULAs for software can be overcome. It requires a firm tone and the promise of corporate letter writing. When store managers are told they will be hearing from the corporate office because they didn't satisfy a customer, they will refund you the money. The fact that EULAs are contained inside a sealed box and state that if you do not agree with the terms of service, "you may return the product for a refund" creates a catch-22 for the seller. You can't read it until its open. So, in order to decide you do not accept the terms, you must open it first. They will lose this argument unless they begin printing the EULA on the outside.
The concept that there is no God in a universal negative. Universal negatives can not be proven. If you say there are no little green men, in order to prove this you would need to be everywhere all at the same time and be there throughout time, because if you weren't, they could have slipped by you when you over here and they were over there. The only one capable of achieving this is God. In order to prove it to be true you would have to be God, thereby disproving the concept.
That wouldn't work very well...anyone with the need to play video games on a computer will just change the clock to 9:01am when they sit down to play and change it back when they finish. Parents who don't parent would be none the wiser....Yes! I am a parent and a gamer too.
IANAL, but IMHO, this is a loophole that needs to be challenged as well. The customer has no recourse right now if they open the game, read the EULA and decide to return it. I think that anyone who does push this can work it up the corporate complaint ladder at Gamestop until they get what they want, but its a royal pain in the ass to do it. Most people would just accept the trade in value and be done with it.
Perhaps it has something to do with the EULA you so quickly pass over and never read. If you ever bothered to read it, you might have noticed that it mentions things like: I will only use this on one computer; I agree to be the sole owner/user of this software license; I will not resell this; etc. etc. etc. That is the reason that Gamestop does not purchase used games. It is not for any political reasons. I have never figured out how EB got away with it because they could have been sited for it at any time.
How about we organize an "Official Windows reinstall weekend" then we can flood the phones at the same time to get our reinstall authorized by M$. Oh, wait, I forgot, some of you will need to disregard this post as you are in possession of an illegal copy of the evil OS! But for the rest of you, this would be a fun way to annoy the beast.
Do you think I can get the retailer to pay attention after I return the same DVD 17 times in a row (for which they give me a new sealed copy in exchange) because it won't run on my equipment????? You may not get satisfaction on this level, but it sure is fun to pass on the grief.
The list could be endless....however, a few jump to mind immediately:
-The Bard's Tale (though a remake is in the works, so this may not qualify at this time)
-The entire Sierra library of games (King's Quest, Space Quest, Heart of China, Red Baron, Aces of the Pacific)
-Wing Commander and Privateer
several of these may be playable with DosBox now...but a nice Windows executable would be a nice alternative.
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Simple enough. Just go home after submitting your app and change all your passwords. You have been truthful on the app and now they need to hire you to help them figure out why they can't access your web sites!
Cut the government off first and see how they like it. Then tell them they have to prove they are not doing illegal downloads before they can be reinstated. If 3 times the subscriber base is downloading illegally, this must include the government machines as well.
Don't post if you can't spell CORRECTLY. Don't post is you can't compose a proper sentence properly. I can spell just fine. I just can't type well.
EULAs for software can be overcome. It requires a firm tone and the promise of corporate letter writing. When store managers are told they will be hearing from the corporate office because they didn't satisfy a customer, they will refund you the money. The fact that EULAs are contained inside a sealed box and state that if you do not agree with the terms of service, "you may return the product for a refund" creates a catch-22 for the seller. You can't read it until its open. So, in order to decide you do not accept the terms, you must open it first. They will lose this argument unless they begin printing the EULA on the outside.
The concept that there is no God in a universal negative. Universal negatives can not be proven. If you say there are no little green men, in order to prove this you would need to be everywhere all at the same time and be there throughout time, because if you weren't, they could have slipped by you when you over here and they were over there. The only one capable of achieving this is God. In order to prove it to be true you would have to be God, thereby disproving the concept.
Pfftt! OK....It is only an alt. But, it's still my paladin's name. And its a male character, played by a male.
....but with a different part of the consumers...
I have to ask......which part would that be?
That wouldn't work very well...anyone with the need to play video games on a computer will just change the clock to 9:01am when they sit down to play and change it back when they finish. Parents who don't parent would be none the wiser....Yes! I am a parent and a gamer too.
IANAL, but IMHO, this is a loophole that needs to be challenged as well. The customer has no recourse right now if they open the game, read the EULA and decide to return it. I think that anyone who does push this can work it up the corporate complaint ladder at Gamestop until they get what they want, but its a royal pain in the ass to do it. Most people would just accept the trade in value and be done with it.
Perhaps it has something to do with the EULA you so quickly pass over and never read. If you ever bothered to read it, you might have noticed that it mentions things like: I will only use this on one computer; I agree to be the sole owner/user of this software license; I will not resell this; etc. etc. etc. That is the reason that Gamestop does not purchase used games. It is not for any political reasons. I have never figured out how EB got away with it because they could have been sited for it at any time.
How about we organize an "Official Windows reinstall weekend" then we can flood the phones at the same time to get our reinstall authorized by M$. Oh, wait, I forgot, some of you will need to disregard this post as you are in possession of an illegal copy of the evil OS! But for the rest of you, this would be a fun way to annoy the beast.
Do you think I can get the retailer to pay attention after I return the same DVD 17 times in a row (for which they give me a new sealed copy in exchange) because it won't run on my equipment????? You may not get satisfaction on this level, but it sure is fun to pass on the grief.
And the marketing machine marches on....... Should be a good game though.
The list could be endless....however, a few jump to mind immediately: -The Bard's Tale (though a remake is in the works, so this may not qualify at this time) -The entire Sierra library of games (King's Quest, Space Quest, Heart of China, Red Baron, Aces of the Pacific) -Wing Commander and Privateer several of these may be playable with DosBox now...but a nice Windows executable would be a nice alternative.