• MindTravellerEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’m sure there’s at least a dozen weirdos who like Concord. And if they find each other, and they want to play a game together, they should be able to do that. They paid for it, it’s their property. If they have the players for it, they should be allowed to host a server and play.

    • ImplyingImplicationsEnglish
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      2 months ago

      They paid for it, it’s their property

      They still have what they purchased–a game client. They couldn’t host their own server when they bought the game, why should they be expected to host their own server now?

      • MindTravellerEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Because that’s the only way to play the game.

        If I sell you a car that runs on special hydrogen fuel, and I sell the hydrogen fuel, and then I stop selling it, you should be allowed to find a new source of hydrogen fuel. The intellectual property rights should expire when the service is no longer sold, because that IP is necessary for the use of a product that has been sold.

        • ImplyingImplicationsEnglish
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          2 months ago

          If I sell you a car that runs on special hydrogen fuel, and I sell the hydrogen fuel, and then I stop selling it, you should be allowed to find a new source of hydrogen fuel.

          Exactly. You sold me a car that runs on fuel you produced. You decide you’re no longer going to run the machines that produce the fuel. Do I get a copy of your machines so I can produce the fuel myself? No, those are your machines. I didn’t buy the machines that produce fuel, I bought a car. A car I still have.