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Jolnas Arbiter
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Posted - 2007.12.06 21:33:00 -
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Edited by: Jolnas Arbiter on 06/12/2007 21:37:19
Originally by: vextorious Edited by: vextorious on 06/12/2007 20:13:08 In the form of free game time or maybe refunds or possibly isk payouts.
ISK will only cause inflation
The HUGE negative publicity they will get from this will be punishment enough.
I think 60 days game time on average would at least be equal but they'd still bite the publicity bullet.
When my local magazine does the odd article on "the game that only a few people play but is a real gem" they are very likely to do one on this. Which will scare a lot of people off. Methinks this will also respark the developer misconduct discussion as well.
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Jolnas Arbiter
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Posted - 2007.12.06 21:43:00 -
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Edited by: Jolnas Arbiter on 06/12/2007 21:43:52
Originally by: Xaroth Brook The thing is, CCP isn't required to do **** all, it's all in the EULA, the thing you randomly clicked 'i accept' on during install.[/Quote]
Guess what smartass just because you say something in a contract does not mean that it is the word of law in a lot of countries. As I said above... you can't hide stuff in the fine print (not that I'm suggesting that did happen) and you also can't claim no responsibility for something that you charge for.
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Jolnas Arbiter
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Posted - 2007.12.06 21:49:00 -
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Edited by: Jolnas Arbiter on 06/12/2007 21:51:27 Edited by: Jolnas Arbiter on 06/12/2007 21:49:42
Originally by: Xaroth Brook
Originally by: Jolnas Arbiter Edited by: Jolnas Arbiter on 06/12/2007 21:43:52
Originally by: Xaroth Brook The thing is, CCP isn't required to do **** all, it's all in the EULA, the thing you randomly clicked 'i accept' on during install.[/Quote]
Guess what smartass just because you say something in a contract does not mean that it is the word of law in a lot of countries. As I said above... you can't hide stuff in the fine print (not that I'm suggesting that did happen) and you also can't claim no responsibility for something that you charge for.
read the last bit...
While people might not be able to sue them for an extortionate amount of money (or the Sales regulaters sue them) the worst thing that happen is it could be banned from sale if the company doesn't pay the fees.
A call upon the example of Apples refund policy. If you got a broken Ipod you take it back to the store to be exchanged for a working one... Apple tells the store to keep 1% of sales for this purpose. However a lot more then 1% of Ipods don't work.
Apple got in trouble for this in Australia. I expect CCP to get similar regardless of what their Eula says. I would assume that if they don't pay fines that our market regulater hands out something bad would happen like a ban from sale or an extra tax on it.
Originally by: Turin
Originally by: Takahashi Clutch Edited by: Takahashi Clutch on 06/12/2007 21:02:31 Edited by: Takahashi Clutch on 06/12/2007 21:02:09
Originally by: SheriffFruitfly
What a stupid effin post. The EULA says *nothing* about crippling the OS by deleting Microsoft - another company's - system files.
actually it does, see bold
D. Software Updates CCP may from time to time update or otherwise modify the Software electronically. You hereby grant CCP permission to: (i) extract hardware system profile data from your computer; (ii) extract information from your computer's file directories pertaining to the Game and your ability to access the System; (iii) download to your computer content and Game files and any data related to the operation of the Game. The foregoing applies to any computer from which you log into the System using your Account.
reading comprehension ftw
BTW. Most EULA do NOT hold up in court. The software companies tend to make them overly broad, and encumbering. You fanbois sem to think that they can put anything in the EULA and that makes it okay.
"CCP hereby has the write to update extract, and modify any system files. CCP declares the right to your first born, and dibs on your cute sister"
"Hey sis? Come here a sec.... I need you to go to Iceland"
+1!!!
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Jolnas Arbiter
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Posted - 2007.12.06 22:05:00 -
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Originally by: Air Scare I havent read through this particular thread, but if they do in fact go through with some form of reimbursement i hope they are careful about it and give it to people who that patch actually affected.
I get the feeling that most of the naysayers last night and right now, didnt get their stuff affected, but they just want "free stuff" from CCP.
Well I did get affected and it wasn't much of a problem... but it could have been had I not had a windows install disc... and a lot of people don't.
So I'll just act like I don't ;)
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