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So BitTorrent.com MPAA Edition launched today...

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  • MonoxideMonoxide Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2007
    All of the "Free" games are from a company called TryMedia, who's description says that they're going to offer the latest in free, trial, and purchasable games via bittorrent.

    It's probably safe to say that these games are DRM'd and will expire shortly after you install them, if they aren't demos in the first place. Give them a shot though, let us know what the limitations are.

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  • SurikoSuriko AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Monoxide wrote: »
    All of the "Free" games are from a company called TryMedia, who's description says that they're going to offer the latest in free, trial, and purchasable games via bittorrent.

    It's probably safe to say that these games are DRM'd and will expire shortly after you install them, if they aren't demos in the first place. Give them a shot though, let us know what the limitations are.

    I'll get C4 after work and have a look at it then. How big are the downloads (as in, download size)? Are they compressed much/at all?

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  • LemmingLemming Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Uh

    Uplink is on there too

    Isn't that being sold on Steam?

    Edit: Oh, if they are drm'd, fair enough. I'll still see.

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  • bloodyroarxxbloodyroarxx Casa GrandeRegistered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Yea its the full game but they only work for 20 minutes then you gotta pay up

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  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    BloodyRoarXX wrote: »
    Yea its the full game but they only work for 20 minutes then you gotta pay up

    20 minutes?

    wow.

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  • Magus`Magus` The fun has been DOUBLED! Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    I'm sure they'll be cracked (not that I condone it).

    Then again, it's seemingly false advertising, so..

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  • cwapfobrainscwapfobrains Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Psychonauts is on there, for free. There has to be a catch...

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  • FreddyDFreddyD Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    WHY wrote: »
    BloodyRoarXX wrote: »
    Yea its the full game but they only work for 20 minutes then you gotta pay up

    20 minutes?

    wow.
    That is what, half the time it takes to download and install them? Ridiculous.

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  • Dublo7Dublo7 Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    I wonder how much money the owner of bt.com has right about now.

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  • TerrorbyteTerrorbyte __BANNED USERS regular
    edited February 2007
    More Windows-only DRM? It's almost as if these places want me to continue pirating music and movies *. Well, I'll be happy to oblige **.

    DOA, just like that craptastic Wal-Mart video store. Give me a fucking break.

    * hypothetically speaking
    ** in theory

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2007
    Seriously, who the hell is writing the blurbs? Check out the description for Superman Returns on the front page of Bittorrent.com.

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  • DarlanDarlan Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    I gave Night of the Living Dead a go, and I couldn't get video to play in Media Player Classic, Windows Media Player, nor Quicktime. Grr.

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  • DHS OdiumDHS Odium Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Darlan wrote: »
    I gave Night of the Living Dead a go, and I couldn't get video to play in Media Player Classic, Windows Media Player, nor Quicktime. Grr.

    Just get it for free off of Archive. It's free for everyone, public domain and all.

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  • HoukHouk Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2007
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    Seriously, who the hell is writing the blurbs? Check out the description for Superman Returns on the front page of Bittorrent.com.
    What, you got a problem with dudes shaving their domes?

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  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Night of the Living Dead has been free since it was made, right? Something about Romero not putting a copyright mark on the film's title or something?

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  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Zek wrote: »
    schmads wrote: »
    I look at it this way. If there IS legitimate torrent usage such as this, it adds to the overall longevity of torrent as a whole. Up until now, I see open source software distribution (linux, etc.), WoW patching, and not much else that is distributed via Torrent. Here we have something that is even done by the movie studios, even if it has downsides. Hopefully this means that ISPs, colleges, etc., will not have as much reason to block torrents en masse.
    Christ, no. At the very least, colleges should block torrents without exception, regardless of how legitimate it is. My connection is completely devastated by the jerkoffs in my dorm who hog all the bandwidth all day long. Bittorrent has no place in an environment where a connection is shared by many people.


    Uh. No, not at all. My college for instance bans bittorent, and we have a friggen 60kb/s download cap. There are HUNDREDS of legal uses for bittorent, not the least of which is getting demos, patches, and numerous other game related things faster.

    The POINT of bittorent is to share it between many people!

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  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Wikipedia wrote:
    Night of the Living Dead lapsed into the public domain because of the neglect of the original theatrical distributor, the Walter Reade Organization, to place a copyright notice on the prints. In 1968, United States copyright law required a proper notice for a work to maintain a copyright. Image Ten displayed such a notice on the title frames of the film beneath the original title, Night of the Flesh Eaters. The distributor removed the statement when it changed the title. According to George Romero, Walter Reade "ripped us off."

    What I don't get about these download services is that they're selling something that has inherently less value than the equivalent obtained on CD or DVD, but they set the prices the same or higher than formats without DRM. I'd be willing to use a DRMed download service (like, say, iTunes) if it was dramatically cheaper than the equivalent physical media.

    If they could put together a system that didn't depend on hardware or software from a single supplier, that would be nice too.

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  • ShurakaiShurakai Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    I just have to laugh at this. This is such a limp wristed attempt at supplying a legal alternative its entertaining.

    DRM is not the future, idiot corporations.

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  • DusdaDusda is ashamed of this post SLC, UTRegistered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Funny, I actually knew about that. I blame my lapse of memory on lack of sleep. Pulling all nighters without caffeine is so hard.

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  • RandomEngyRandomEngy Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Thanks for passing all the savings on bandwidth back to yourselves, bittorrent.com.

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  • TheGreat2ndTheGreat2nd Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    So, lemme get this straight.
    It's BitTorrent we all know and love. Except now you pay them money to download. And then you can't keep the file. And the bandwidth is hosted by, surprise, you.


    I pay for YOUR bandwidth?
    Heh, yeah right.

    :lol:

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  • RandomEngyRandomEngy Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Well I'm going to try it out with one episode and let you know how it goes. So far, so good. Site is fast, paying is easy and I'm getting 500 KB/s despite there only being 2 seeders. I'm guessing they're providing some of the bandwidth themselves.

    Already it's leagues better than Amazon Unbox.

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    seeders.jpg

    Yep, it looks like they are supplying some bandwidth. I don't intend to help seed until they lower the prices though. ;)

    And the stupid video won't play in Zoom Player WMV Pro. Boo to that. Also, for some reason the unused space in fullscreen is an annoying gray color. It looks kind of like the hardware overlay color; it might be some silly DRM trick or something. Quality is good though. Still, I don't think I'll buy anything more until they get FairUse4WM working again.

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