Caltrops - Gamerasutra - I'm pretty sure it's still illegal...

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by FoK 02/17/2003, 4:18pm PST

Alternate789 wrote:

C&C seems to be the hot topic around here, and everyone's always jerking the original, but never mentions playing it recently. I, on the other hand, still have my copy of the game.

Utilizing my 1337 h4x0ring skills I've ripped full ISOs (movies, music and all) of both GDI and NOD CDs. Actually, I just used Nero. There wasn't any copy protection whatsoever. I've burned them onto CD-Rs and they do work. Here was my plan: upload them both (a combined 916 MB) to a free hosting site like Angelfire or Geocities, then link to them here. My friend once used a free hosting site (I forget which) for storage for a month or two before he was caught (but then again, nobody was downloading the files but him).

Assuming I can upload them and keep it secret for a week or so, would I be able to link to the page from here (and perhaps more importantly, would anyone be interested in downloading it?) ? It's not being sold on the Westwood website, does that mean it's unsupported abandonware? It also isn't on the oldwarez list, but I have no idea how complete that is. Or would it be warez because the Command and Conquer name is trademarked or copyrighted or what-have-you?

... so let's do it!

Seriously, I don't think that they want you directly linking to anything that you egregiously state contains pirated shit. Think of SB and ES as your parents - you have to tell them that you're going to the movies, because if you say that you're going out to teach your girlfriend how to take a 10-inch dildo up her virgin ass, they'd have to do something about it. My suggestion would be to post a link in Gamerasutra saying "Check out my new website x}" and then having the ill-gotten gains on the other end of the link, without being specific. That way, SB's nightmares of Bill Gates's storm troopers walking in and breaking V's kneecaps won't come true. Probably.

I don't know how you'd establish that a game is "abandonware" legally without a notarized release from the author of the game. Anyone else?

Original Command and Conquer: Abandonware? by Alternate789 02/17/2003, 3:58pm PST NEW

I'm pretty sure it's still illegal... by FoK 02/17/2003, 4:18pm PST NEW