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keep your strippers out of my American football
pr0cs said:
Because some people in GAF just want there way regardless of the legal realities.
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Because some people in GAF just want there way regardless of the legal realities.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
BuddyC said:
Your l33t subject changing skills and sound type-related sensibilities rule the school.
Where'd he go?That comparison is stupid, because I am paying for the stuff... -_-storybook77 said:
First I am from Portugal and live was only been available here for like 1/2 months, when xbox360 launched last year I bought the console, and registered an UK account to have access to live... now tell me should I have waited for live to be available here ? don't I have the right to be pissed ?
What will happen to my purchases ?
...
In conclusion Microsoft can go **** themselves, if is this is true...
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Speevy said:
Except the rights holders of that content?
soul creator
Member
pr0cs said:
yeah, I'm more annoyed at the general idea of content holders needing stuff to be separated by region, and restricting things from folks, even if people are willing to pay for it. But like someone mentioned, I guess this is a byproduct of companies not having contracts set up to recognize this newfangled series of tubes called the Internets.
storybook77
Member
Tempy said:
The point is that you know going in that you aren't supposed to technically be getting the content and are lying about your region. You know you are doing something that you aren't supposed to, yet you get mad at them for fixing it so that you can't.
Suzy_Lovelace
Member
Too bad.... I got a couple of decent things with my US and JP accounts, namely the RR6 demo, which led to a purchase of the (UK PAL) game, and the Idol M@ster clips which look great on my HDTV.
storybook77 said:
Why should it be "something that you aren't supposed to", though? Why shouldn't I be able to buy any piece of content from anywhere in the world? My money's just as good in America or Japan as it is in the UK or Europe. The whole concept of region locking should have been thrown out with the advent of the Internet and globalization.
storybook77
Member
Danj said:
You can blame copyrights, trademarks, lawyers, the MPAA, the RIAA, et al. for that.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Danj said:
The company line is that if they had their druthers, your utopia would exist today. Unfortunately, they don't. Have their druthers.
What are druthers anyway?
storybook77 said:
Yet, Sony can do it no problem with the PS3...
Also keep aware that supposedly this is all due to the video marketplace. Meaning if MS didn't feel the need to tack-on this new section, gamers would not be getting screwed as they are about to be. Good job watching out for gamers MS!
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Bebpo said:
So, everything is available to everyone no problem? I thought I saw a bunch of people starting up JP accounts on US machines and vice versa.
Also, has anything been released on PSN that is not owned by Sony outright? (RR7 demo would be one, I think.)
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Danj said:
Oh, I knew that. Just wondering if it had any kind of etymology. Like "Druthers were the preferred candy of the 17th Century Dutch and thus were known to say 'If I had my Druthers, I'd be much happier to-day.'"
Speevy said:
I have no problem with them offering more options, but if it's going to screw over a handful of gamers (myself being one of them) by doing it...then yes I'd rather have the ability to PAY MS GOOD MONEY for additional content in my games than be able to download some TV shows or rent movies.
And this isn't just about the lack of content in some areas. It's about games that will never see the light of day in other countries. If you import those games and additional map packs or whatever go up for download, you'll never be able to buy them if you don't live in the country. Total BS.
For instance Culdcept Saga is planning on having new card decks & new maps for purchase/download in the near-future. Now until the game comes to the US, anyone in Europe or the US who imports Culdcept won't have access to these new decks, which could unbalance the online game where all the Japanese players are using them.
Fair enough, If I was Sky and British people were downloading LOST (for example, I know its not on the 360) from their Xbox instead of watching my version, Id be pissed too.
I'd be pissed if I was OXM and I paid lots of money for no Vegas demo, then some people went and got it from the marketplace through a second account
So basically, MS had to do this.
I'd be pissed if I was OXM and I paid lots of money for no Vegas demo, then some people went and got it from the marketplace through a second account
So basically, MS had to do this.
if they are so worried why not just block foreign IP's from downloading the videos, since that is what this is about, obivously?
maybe this is just blocking non-US IP's from accessing the U.S content, while this will block out people as evidenced in this very thread, it wouldn't be as bad as cancelling all accounts where the region doesn't match up.
I am glad I am lazy though and never got around to buying points for my Japanese account.
maybe this is just blocking non-US IP's from accessing the U.S content, while this will block out people as evidenced in this very thread, it wouldn't be as bad as cancelling all accounts where the region doesn't match up.
I am glad I am lazy though and never got around to buying points for my Japanese account.
platypotamus
Member
BenjaminBirdie said:
"would rathers" somehow evolved into "druthers" as a dialect thing at some point.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
platypotamus said:
Ah! Thanks!
I love etymology.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=druthersBenjaminBirdie said:
AtomicShroom
Member
Zaxxon said:
Truly. It is also a disgrace to what the whole internet stands for. It was all about being worldwide, stuff available to everyone.
But then people at media companies went like "let's regionize the internet just so we can make more monies and piss people off in the process!!1 omg we so clever!"
AtomicShroom
Member
McBacon said:
Well this shit needs to stop. Companies need to stop giving away "regionized" exclusives. This shit has no place in the 21st century's internet. Globalization please!!
I can understand some need for regions, like when actual availability prevents a worldwide launch (PS3, for example), but not purposely locking people out of an internet server "just because we feel like it". There is no shortage, only greed.
Chiaroscuro
Member
Speevy said:
I think Arne will skeep this topic...
If the rumor is right, MS will start banning the accounts, it is a bad press and he will not add more to the pile
If the rumor is wrong, MS will still allow a "silent" consent of download copyrighted material outside the designed area by the contrat (the user is the lyier, not MS, it is a hole in the system) Arne will not comment in anything, because it will sound a confirmation of MS break of contract.
And what about my case: I am from Brazil, and we are the 8th country with more users in Live, all them faked because although Xbox 360 is now officially launched in Brazil, there is no local Live in the foresee future.
All my achievements, my game content and arcade games will be locked?
MS should stick with games, not movies....
How difficult it would be to lock only the VideoMarketplace by IP address? What is the need of banning?
If "legal realities" are stupid that doen´t mean I have to be a stupid and say "yes, sire" to everything. I still keep my right to complain in a forum, thank you very much.
Instead of trying to make internet a gobal space and trying to be good examples for countries like China, "free" countries are the first one to attach their shitty and non useful laws to Internet like this was an extension of their own territory. Is fantastic, instead of acceptng my valid money and do a profitable exchange with it, companies are too busy building more and more walls for that.
In some years I won´t be allowed to post in NeoGaf because is an "american forum".
Tenacious-V
Thinks his PR is better than yours.
Why don't you guys just run through a proxy and use a fake IP from whatever part of the world you want?
There's tons of sites out there with lists of IP's you can use.
There's tons of sites out there with lists of IP's you can use.
Tenacious-V
Thinks his PR is better than yours.
Gaijin To Ronin said:
Who knows, but if your console shares the same IP as what your router/PC is using, then shouldn't it?
Details aren't all in yet - BUT, I do know for a fact that we are NOT banning the accounts.
We are blocking downloads in cases where gold accounts are being used to gain US content in foreign marketplaces.
I think (my opinion) that it is a legal issue - still waiting to hear back the official word.
We are blocking downloads in cases where gold accounts are being used to gain US content in foreign marketplaces.
I think (my opinion) that it is a legal issue - still waiting to hear back the official word.
The Faceless Master
Member
so can blocked gold accounts get refunds?
Chiaroscuro
Member
CPaladino said:
Sorry, I never heard about you. Are you also a MS representative like Arne?
What kind of content you are refering to? Only movies? Or game downloads as well?
What about users from regions without official Live? I use a US account to play, download arcade games, demos and all the stuff, but Live isn't availble here (Brazil). Will my account be banned because my IP isn´t from USA? Considering that Live is not present here?
Thanks a lot.
charlequin
Banned
BenjaminBirdie said:
I'm pretty sure they can
if region-locking the video downloads isn't enough for them.
Chiaroscuro
Member
Schafer said:
Sorry, I worded it wrong. Not exactly banned, but will I continue to be able to download game related material (demos, videos, arcade, pics) from my USA account without being in USA? Games are also copywritten material, from different publishers around the world. I can live without the VideoMarkeplace (as until now) but I hope they do not block all the Marketplace content.
donkey show
Member
That concerns me too as I will be moving to the UK for work and plan on bringing my US 360 (originally from California). Will having my US 360 and US Live account be screwed out of DLC if I use it in the UK?Chiaroscuro said:
B-Rad Lascelle
Banned
The only concern I have about this situation relates to Canadian / U.S. consoles. I can respect that licensing / distro concerns must be honored, but there are quite a number of Canuck X360s in the hands of genuine Americans and vice versa... mainly due to how replacement units have been routed across North America.
Blocking access to Video Marketplace content is a fine idea IF you can restrict it to the originating IP's location. If you're simply sniffing out Canadian consoles and phasing out certain features of U.S. Live Gold accounts that happen to be on them, it's going to turn into a SERIOUS customer service headache.
And even then, the above IP-origin solution raises other concerns. Such as, military bases. Foreign nationals may want to access their favorite U.S. TV programs on their U.S. consoles while stationed overseas.
It's a mucky situation.
Blocking access to Video Marketplace content is a fine idea IF you can restrict it to the originating IP's location. If you're simply sniffing out Canadian consoles and phasing out certain features of U.S. Live Gold accounts that happen to be on them, it's going to turn into a SERIOUS customer service headache.
And even then, the above IP-origin solution raises other concerns. Such as, military bases. Foreign nationals may want to access their favorite U.S. TV programs on their U.S. consoles while stationed overseas.
It's a mucky situation.
Chiaroscuro
Member
B-Rad Lascelle said:
There is no difference between USA/Canada Xbox 360. Actually I have a Canadian one acessing an USA account on a Brazilian IP (I just remembered that I bought the console on Canada, not USA).
So to avoid Canadian users to access USA copyrighted content they can only use IP address. And I am pretty sure that military bases will use USA IP address, not the ones designed to the region the base is located. Americans working abroad is a different issue, however.
