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[Data]

And they are back!

[Mighty Midget]

Damn, you guys scared me! Away for a day, and what do I read? HOTU gone? That would be disaster as far as I'm concerned.

And thanks Data, for bringing the good news. I just visited them, and everything seems ok.

[Tom Henrik]

What do you mean, Velik?

[Dream]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tom Henrik @ Aug 5 2006, 01:43 PM) [snapback]246850[/snapback]</div>

What do you mean, Velik?
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Abandonware is illegal, it's still copyrighted, whether it's sold or not.

Also HOTU does not host games that are being sold. So shut up the lot of you.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(troop18546 @ Aug 4 2006, 08:38 PM) [snapback]246784[/snapback]</div>

They were doing illegal sharing of protected and sold games, TH. You yourself had taught me to respect the creator's intensions to help the game not be illegally distributed or downloaded on the internet. I am a fan of abandonware, but you, "sir", are going against your own rule by "convicting" me of not being an abandonware fan, because I do not support HOTU and their wrong-doing. I'm surprised by you. :blink:
If you really want them back so bad, sir, then why not host ESA protected games yourself? <_< You'll be saving Sarinee the trouble.
HOTU, bye bye (I hope).
[/b]

Yeah? Like which ones? If you would type "sword of a samurai" into the search queue at HOTU you would find out that you can't download it because it's ESA protected, so obviously HOTU does not host games people don't want them to host. It's a fact, at some reviews you can even see "we don't host this game anymore because we were asked to not do so"

[...]

Another fact: Abandonware IS illegal, Abandonia is hosting copyrighted games if they're not sold like HOTU. Abandoned = not sold anymore, but that doesn't mean they're not copyrighted. You would have to wait 75 years before they would not be copyrighted anymore.

So please do not say such things anymore, please.



[edit:] I removed the VIP thingy and the swearing shortening ...

[Quintopotere]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Dream @ Aug 5 2006, 06:17 PM) [snapback]246880[/snapback]</div>

So shut up the lot of you.
[/b]

Uuhh... I imagine that you had an hard day... take it easy, please!

We all know that abandonware it's illegal, but we want to save the masterpieces of the past not sold and no more supported, from being forgotten!

[Dream]

I know, I realise that and I appreciate that. But saying that "underdogs was hosting illegal files and thus deserves to fail miserably " is ignorant and it angers me the more so that it is not showing the whole truth.

[Sith-Avenger]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Dream @ Aug 5 2006, 07:24 PM) [snapback]246884[/snapback]</div>

I know, I realise that and I appreciate that. But saying that "underdogs was hosting illegal files and thus deserves to fail miserably " is ignorant and it angers me the more so that it is not showing the whole truth.
[/b]

Good, good! RELEASE your anger!!

The dark side is STRONG in you my young padawan...

[Quintopotere]

You are right, but try to be more patient

Many ones here are just kids or they don't know the illegal status of abandonware...

[swiss]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Quintopotere @ Aug 5 2006, 08:31 PM) [snapback]246887[/snapback]</div>

Many ones here are just kids or they don't know the illegal status of abandonware...
[/b]

offtopic, I know: isn't that something we should think about ?

[Abi79]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(swiss @ Aug 5 2006, 09:59 PM) [snapback]246896[/snapback]</div>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Quintopotere @ Aug 5 2006, 08:31 PM) [snapback]246887[/snapback]

Many ones here are just kids or they don't know the illegal status of abandonware...
[/b]

offtopic, I know: isn't that something we should think about ?
[/b][/quote]Why? I doubt kids like me will make abandonware sites at this age...