Personally I think as long as you aren't making money off it, it should be okay. Clearly they are going to cancel a game, no longer supporting it. Buyers are left with a game they can't play even though they payed good money for it. The disc is no worthless the second the official serves go offline. The company is no longer making money off the game so running private servers aren't hurting them. What players do with their game cds and the content should no longer matter to the company if no one is making a profit off the game. The company is sending a clear message that they no longer care about making money off the game or lossing money or care about supporting it anymore. They can't claim they are being hurt by players doing what they will with the content since they basicly no longer supporting the game.
I think private servers should be okay. Might not be legal but it's not like it's the companines concern anymore. They didn't offer to buy back the game cds. Do they honestly expect people to just throw the game away, something they payed good money for?
I think this is the only time where I actually think private servers are okay and should be done.
I'm sorry, but you're mistaken. They may stop providing the service at their discretion, for example if they do not have enough customers and income to support the service, as is stated in the subscription contract of such services. And, unlike MMORPGs, you even sign the contract that states that term and no law obliges them otherwise. As far as I know, the only legal obligation is to provide you with a refund for any pre-paid time period that the service will not be provided. The $500 you paid for the equipment does not oblige them, it was the purchase of an antenna and that antenna is still at your posession, isn't it?
I don't beleive I am mistaken, but I accept that we disaggree. I am certain that a court would agree that when am item is sold with the specific intent and limitation to be used with a particular singular service then the merchant is obligated to insure it's functionality or the replacement cost.
This is precisely whythe majority of such services rent/give any tools needed to use their services.
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Personally I think as long as you aren't making money off it, it should be okay. Clearly they are going to cancel a game, no longer supporting it. Buyers are left with a game they can't play even though they payed good money for it. The disc is no worthless the second the official serves go offline. The company is no longer making money off the game so running private servers aren't hurting them. What players do with their game cds and the content should no longer matter to the company if no one is making a profit off the game. The company is sending a clear message that they no longer care about making money off the game or lossing money or care about supporting it anymore. They can't claim they are being hurt by players doing what they will with the content since they basicly no longer supporting the game.
I think private servers should be okay. Might not be legal but it's not like it's the companines concern anymore. They didn't offer to buy back the game cds. Do they honestly expect people to just throw the game away, something they payed good money for?
I think this is the only time where I actually think private servers are okay and should be done.
I don't beleive I am mistaken, but I accept that we disaggree. I am certain that a court would agree that when am item is sold with the specific intent and limitation to be used with a particular singular service then the merchant is obligated to insure it's functionality or the replacement cost.
This is precisely whythe majority of such services rent/give any tools needed to use their services.