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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: JAB Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: Video games Europe - Seriously? Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2025 15:09:15 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 19 Message-ID: <104j8qe$3jomr$1@dont-email.me> References: <104fsu0$2q0d1$2@dont-email.me> <104hoql$360cs$1@dont-email.me> <104ikpi$3f15i$1@dont-email.me> <104j71q$3jce9$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2025 16:09:18 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1e34aea33b04525dd482a29256aa43fe"; logging-data="3793627"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18txJMpjxePNDQ/+1EuW3gJ" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:WXpesTkeKHtenkk6/4cLA9Aq0rA= In-Reply-To: <104j71q$3jce9$1@dont-email.me> Content-Language: en-GB On 08/07/2025 14:39, Dimensional Traveler wrote: > On 7/8/2025 1:27 AM, JAB wrote: >> On 08/07/2025 01:30, Dimensional Traveler wrote: >>> Re your last paragraph above, will NEVER happen.  If a publisher goes >>> defunct, it goes thru bankruptcy proceedings and all the DRM keys and >>> code are _assets_.  So can't be just given away, they would have to >>> be distributed to creditors or sold to pay off creditors.  And >>> forcing a company to distribute against their will effectively >>> destroys the entire concept of "private property". >> >> If a single player game that uses an online DRM server is no longer >> usable because the company has gone tits up what about the loss of my >> property. Does that not matter, why is it that the consumer is always >> last in the pecking order? > > The EULA you signed says it isn't your property. > Well that's ok then. Maybe you could sign one that says they can sell one of your kidneys?