Old Sierra Games Host Gets C&D From Activision

7 responses to “Old Sierra Games Host Gets C&D From Activision”

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   Zen Marx

   January 31, 2011 at 10:24 am

   Activision being Activision… I don’t see the problem in what sarien.net were doing. All those games were abndonware anyway. I can hardly believe that activision expect to make any money out of them…

   … unless they are going to do remakes ala Monkey Island. Man that would be awesome.

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      glennc

      January 31, 2011 at 11:15 am

      companies like activision are the worst kind for the gaming industry. they do not care about anything but their money and IP. even if they have zero plans for it they will not allow anyone else to go near it.

      this is the final nail for me, activision are pure evil, no more activision games period.

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   2. 

      James

      January 31, 2011 at 2:20 pm

      Abandonware is not a legal concept: everything remains copyrighted until it is released to the public domain (either explicitly, or when the copyright expires). Until that point, you need a license.

      Also note that Activision is actively selling these games, so it would be hard to even classify them as abandonware.

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   Chaz

   January 31, 2011 at 11:24 am

   It’s their IP so fair enough.

   But as long as they make them available to download legally.

   I know that the Sierra classics are available on Steam in other regions, but not AUS.

   I’m happy to pay Activision, just give me a chance!!

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3. 

   706-2

   January 31, 2011 at 11:46 am

   I am saddened that this is how I heard of this website. I would have loved to go back and play some of my old games, does anyone know of any other websites like this?

   I would love to play some of the old Apogee games, I’d be happy to pay for them too I just don’t think I could make them work on a modern computer.

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      Michael Winters

      January 31, 2011 at 1:50 pm

      Dos box my good man. And can still get all the old shareware stuff from a few different sources. Hell I think pc powerplay had a cover disc with a heap of stuff on it.

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4. 

   Paul Hudson

   February 1, 2011 at 4:47 pm

   Blame the source: Walt Disney, the hell with going back for Hitler

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