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Forum: General Gaming Discussions Topic: BF1242 comes with spyware - Official Topic |
| damicatz |
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Posted: 24 Oct 2006, 18:11
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| That's not exactly it. It would be like a camera company making their camera record advertisements along with your video. The television stations have the right to run ads because they own the infrastructure and the broadcasting equipment. The camera companies don't get to run their ads for free on ... |
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Forum: General Gaming Discussions Topic: BF1242 comes with spyware - Official Topic |
| damicatz |
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Posted: 24 Oct 2006, 03:01
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| Not to mention the fact that they are hosting in-game ads on servers that are run on hardware that is not paid for by EA and on bandwidth which is also not paid for by EA. Having ads in the lobby where it is EA's bandwidth is one thing, having ads in games that are not being hosted by them, on their... |
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Forum: General Gaming Discussions Topic: BF1242 comes with spyware - Official Topic |
| damicatz |
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Posted: 20 Oct 2006, 02:10
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| About the spyware. It's illegal. Many states in the US classify software as a good under the Uniform Commercial Code. Per the UCC, once a purchase of a good is made, the vendor cannot add any additional conditions or restrictions relating to the purpose. Since the slip of paper is not outside the bo... |
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Forum: General Gaming Discussions Topic: Battlefield 2142 - Punkbuster kicking for widescreen res |
| damicatz |
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Posted: 20 Oct 2006, 02:05
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Replies: 54
Views: 22458
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| I've been boycotting EA games for sometime and this just reaffirms my position. EA does nothing but suck up good game studios and milk their games for cash by releasing sub-standard products that are rushed out as soon as possible for the sole purpose of increasing their bank account. The fact that ... |
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