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Re: Do we really own our digital possessions?

From ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
Subject Re: Do we really own our digital possessions?
Newsgroups comp.misc, rec.arts.books, alt.books.electronic, rec.arts.sf.written
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Date 2019-04-16 17:22 -0500

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In comp.misc Filip454 <filip454.newsgroups@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Well, for me, the biggest problem is with all those physical copies of 
> games and software which still demand the connection to the main server.

> Nowadays it is a plague - more and more applications cannot function 
> offline properly.

> So you are right. For me it is sick.

> For example: games like Hexen II (1997) or Jane's Combat Simulations 
> (1996) still work without any problems (even on Windows 10), while some 
> games from 2007 will not work because the Games For Windows LIVE service 
> is already down.

Ditto. I always test non-Internet software trials without Internet in VMs. If 
they fail, I don't want them.

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Do we really own our digital possessions? "Alasdair Allan" <posthamster@x-static.demon.co.uk> - 2019-04-15 21:11 +0000
  Re: Do we really own our digital possessions? Filip454 <filip454.newsgroups@gmail.com> - 2019-04-16 00:01 +0200
    Re: Do we really own our digital possessions? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2019-04-16 17:20 -0500
  Re: Do we really own our digital possessions? Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2019-04-16 16:12 +1000
    Re: Do we really own our digital possessions? Filip454 <filip454.newsgroups@gmail.com> - 2019-04-16 11:31 +0200
      Re: Do we really own our digital possessions? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2019-04-16 17:22 -0500
      Re: Do we really own our digital possessions? Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2019-04-17 12:39 +1000
    Re: Do we really own our digital possessions? Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2019-04-16 20:29 +0000
      Re: Do we really own our digital possessions? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2019-04-17 06:26 +0000
        Re: Do we really own our digital possessions? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-04-17 12:32 +0000
        Re: Do we really own our digital possessions? Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2019-04-18 20:20 +0000
          Re: Do we really own our digital possessions? not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-04-18 22:42 +0000
            Re: Do we really own our digital possessions? Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2019-04-19 09:59 +1000

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