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[Hatsen]

Originally Posted by _r.u.s.s.

wait, what? you explained somethign to ESA?

Yeah, or more to my internet-"dealers" so they didn't blocked my access to the internet.
But i just posted them a link to a ariticle where they said it was free, and explained them the sitioution, never heard from them since.

[_r.u.s.s.]

Wow. can you tell me where do you ilve and what is your internet provider?

[Hatsen]

Originally Posted by _r.u.s.s.

Wow. can you tell me where do you ilve and what is your internet provider?

Denmark, Telia Stofanet.

[Sebatianos]

Originally Posted by David86

Abandonia had serious problems with Lucas Arts, they directly told us to not offer their games for download...not sure if we can allow the download now.
They are no more ESA protected but this doesn't mean that their games aren't protected anymore.

That's right, Abandonia acctually put some LucasArts games back for download around last new year! Remember Tom Henrik being very excited and posting about several titles that got permision after he made his deal with ESA.

Not sure what that deal was, but after that the 15 year rule was put in use and even LucasArt games older then 15 years were proclaimed abandoned. The games from LucasArts (like Loom or Zak McCracken) were hosted for a very short time, before they became protected yet again, so either that deal didn't work out, or something else happened.

Do we have anybody to talk to LucasArts??? Sierra/Vivendi??? Other major companies that aren't (or even still are) ESA members (after all even if ESA is protecting copyright, if the owner of the copyright says it's OK, it's OK).

[The Fifth Horseman]

Do we have anybody to talk to LucasArts??? Sierra/Vivendi??? Other major companies that aren't (or even still are) ESA members (after all even if ESA is protecting copyright, if the owner of the copyright says it's OK, it's OK).

Not that I know of.

[Blood-Pigggy]

It's bullshit anyway, even if they aren't part of the ESA anymore, hosting a good amount of those games will probably invite some e-mails requesting that we pull them back down if any of those companies happen to notice, and they're fully within the power to do so.

Making a news post about this was incredibly premature by the way.

[BranjoHello]

Originally Posted by _r.u.s.s.

lol you should stop watching zeitgeist and lose change movies

I don't even know what is that. :laugh:
My post was 1/4 a joke and 3/4 a deep concern...think about that.

[_r.u.s.s.]

my post wasn't as serious neither =)

[Frodo]

Quote - Frodo
What about Indy's Desktop Adventures?

Had a quick look, and couldn't find it for sale. So is it abadoned?
And Maniac Mansion?

Originally Posted by Sebatianos

Well, let's take it slowly. All those game packs have to be checked, because if a game is sold as a part of the pack it still is for sale (and those classic archives usually included Maniac Mansion) just like later packs included Yoda Stories and Indy's Desktop Adventures.

Sorry, my enthusiasm got the better of me.

[red_avatar]

Thinking about it, I really doubt Lucas Arts will ever grant permission to host their files for download. I dunno if you noticed, but of all big developers/publishers, Lucas Arts is about the only one that has never released any game as freeware. Sierra had Betrayal at Krondor and a few other games for example, but what has Lucas Arts ever given? NOTHING. Even their totally ancient games are still heavily protected while other developers (like Revolution) are making their games freeware! Beneath A Steel Sky is younger than the bulk of Lucas Arts adventures and became freeware years ago.

No, what we get is a company that knows that it no longer has the success they used to have, and is now trying to use their old successes to make some more money. There's a reason so many of their 10+ year old games are still being sold and that's because they want to milk it for as long as they can.

I got to say, my respect for the current Lucas Arts is not even a 10th of what I had for the Lucas Arts of old, when they would really try to create top quality games without selling out to consoles.