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General discussionNOLF&2 made "officially" free to download for everyone since they cannot legally sell these games anyway(50 posts)(50 posts)
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Posted November 27, 2017
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SirPrimalform: Well either way it's good news to be honest. Either someone bothers to work out if they own it and sends a C&D, at which point someone might be able to approach them about selling it on DD sites, or no one comes forward in which case the game remains available for free.
I do not think you are quite right as to stop illegal release you probably need only one of "developers". To start selling thing you need to get an agreement between all of them.
Posted November 27, 2017
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deja65: If the publishers don't even want to look under their sofa for some legal papers,then we sure as hell have the right to download these masterpieces,as probably everybody who remembers them has some discs lying at their home like me ;).Cheers
I can't believe I'm defending lawyers but one of my hats is at a local office rental building with a couple one and two man law firms.

I've seen a couple of their storage units stacked to the ceiling with papers in bankers boxes.

Granted the bigger firms should be using their interns to scan and index all of those but I guess they're too busy getting coffee and making copies.

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drmike: Considering the original article about the game's legal issues is dated Feb 2015 and no one has still come forward with a C&D...
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Phasmid: Night Dive tried to register No One Live Forever as a trademark (probably a fishing expedition to see who would respond) and got smacked by Warner Bros, which implies they believe they have a claim to the IP at least. That itself was in 2015 though.

It's entirely possible that who owns it is known at least by the actual owners whatever they say, but that different parts are owned by different companies. It's entirely possible that, say, WB owns the IP for NOLF while Activision owns the code.
I was going to comment that the Trademark office rejected Warner extension to their non existent trademark but I just did a lookup for the "No One Lives Forever" and Night Drive, which got the trademark, has now abandoned it so I guess it's all moot.
Post edited November 27, 2017 by drmike
Posted November 27, 2017
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Oddeus: First scan with Norton is negative. But I didn´t install it yet. Maybe tomorrow.
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MaximumBunny: Did you get a really good deal on Norton or do you just hate yourself?
No, I just watched all his movies and he owed me one.

Edit: grammar
Post edited November 27, 2017 by Oddeus
Posted November 27, 2017
It's been online there for months now; even RPS was promoting the download:
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/07/05/no-one-will-sell-no-one-lives-forever-so-lets-download-it/
Posted November 27, 2017
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ShadowOwl: It's been online there for months now; even RPS was promoting the download:
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/07/05/no-one-will-sell-no-one-lives-forever-so-lets-download-it/
I know, right? It's so silly when people post information without checking to see if someone else has already posted the same thing!
;)
Posted November 27, 2017
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HunchBluntley: I know, right? It's so silly when people post information without checking to see if someone else has already posted the same thing!
;)
Touché. :P
Posted November 27, 2017
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Lexor: I do not think you are quite right as to stop illegal release you probably need only one of "developers". To start selling thing you need to get an agreement between all of them.
My understanding was that this wasn't in rerelease purgatory because of multiple companies not being able to agree, but rather than none of the companies that *might* own it can be bothered to check and see if they do.
Posted November 27, 2017
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Lexor: I do not think you are quite right as to stop illegal release you probably need only one of "developers". To start selling thing you need to get an agreement between all of them.
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SirPrimalform: My understanding was that this wasn't in rerelease purgatory because of multiple companies not being able to agree, but rather than none of the companies that *might* own it can be bothered to check and see if they do.
Guess some of the companies bought the monkey in Morocco and felt insulted ;).Cheers
Post edited November 27, 2017 by deja65
Posted November 27, 2017
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SirPrimalform: My understanding was that this wasn't in rerelease purgatory because of multiple companies not being able to agree, but rather than none of the companies that *might* own it can be bothered to check and see if they do.
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deja65: Guess some of the companies bought the monkey in Morocco and felt insulted ;).Cheers
...What?
Posted November 27, 2017
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deja65: Guess some of the companies bought the monkey in Morocco and felt insulted ;).Cheers
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HunchBluntley: ...What?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5z3JqONQLQ
Post edited November 27, 2017 by Nergal01
Posted November 27, 2017
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deja65: Guess some of the companies bought the monkey in Morocco and felt insulted ;).Cheers
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HunchBluntley: ...What?
NOLF 1 reference not ringing in the head? Nevermind then ;p.Cheers
Posted November 27, 2017
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deja65: Guess some of the companies bought the monkey in Morocco and felt insulted ;).Cheers
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HunchBluntley: ...What?
He is trying to cthulhu your brain. Fight it.

(Yes, I used Cthulhu as a verb. I apologize.)
Posted November 27, 2017
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HunchBluntley: ...What?
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deja65: NOLF 1 reference not ringing in the head? Nevermind then ;p.Cheers
Never played either game. =) But I think that phrase was a perfect candidate for my "sentences out of context" thread. (Cheers!)

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HunchBluntley: ...What?
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Nergal01: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5z3JqONQLQ
Thanks. (And why anyone would want to play a game stretched out, like it is in that video, continues to mystify me.)
Post edited November 27, 2017 by HunchBluntley
Posted November 28, 2017
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HunchBluntley: ...What?
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Nergal01: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5z3JqONQLQ
I've Got The Power
Posted November 29, 2017
I downloaded and scanned both games with Panda Free Antivirus, which says that they're both clean. I haven't yet installed either of them, but I will when they make their way to the front of my backlog in ~3 years.
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