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Dataminers are finding developer comments and unlicensed songs in GTA Trilogy

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Re: Dataminers are finding developer comments and unlicensed songs in GTA Trilogy

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> At the time of writing the Rockstar Games Launcher has been down for 24 hours.

I wondered why I couldn’t start GTA 5 yesterday after finally finding some time to play PC again. So yeah not only fuck DRM, but ban it. Why is punishing honest customers allowed?

Re: Dataminers are finding developer comments and unlicensed songs in GTA Trilogy

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Is it news that they are using ogg music files? San Andreas was already doing this in 2004.

They were especially doing that back then to avoid having to pay for a patent license for the MP3 codec. You could only play mp3s in the user playlist channel if the OS supplied the mp3 codec.

Re: Dataminers are finding developer comments and unlicensed songs in GTA Trilogy

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post #6
post #4

Is it news that they are using ogg music files? San Andreas was already doing this in 2004.

They were especially doing that back then to avoid having to pay for a patent license for the MP3 codec. You could only play mp3s in the user playlist channel if the OS supplied the mp3 codec.

Vice City predates San Andreas and used mp3 files for the built in radio stations.

Re: Dataminers are finding developer comments and unlicensed songs in GTA Trilogy

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post #2

> At the time of writing the Rockstar Games Launcher has been down for 24 hours. I wondered why I couldn’t start GTA 5 yesterday after finally finding some time to play PC again. So yeah not only fuck DRM, but ban it. Why is punishing honest customers allowed?

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Re: Dataminers are finding developer comments and unlicensed songs in GTA Trilogy

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post #2

> At the time of writing the Rockstar Games Launcher has been down for 24 hours. I wondered why I couldn’t start GTA 5 yesterday after finally finding some time to play PC again. So yeah not only fuck DRM, but ban it. Why is punishing honest customers allowed?

>Why is punishing honest customers allowed?

I'll go further, why is it punishing customers allowed? What authority does a company hold to punish anyone?

Re: Dataminers are finding developer comments and unlicensed songs in GTA Trilogy

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post #9
post #2

> At the time of writing the Rockstar Games Launcher has been down for 24 hours. I wondered why I couldn’t start GTA 5 yesterday after finally finding some time to play PC again. So yeah not only fuck DRM, but ban it. Why is punishing honest customers allowed?

>Why is punishing honest customers allowed? I'll go further, why is it punishing customers allowed? What authority does a company hold to punish anyone?

> I'll go further, why is it punishing customers allowed?

Because it isn't disallowed.

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