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Darc Requiem on 31 October 2008

Wow....that really really blows. I have a feeling if this spreads to other European countries that you'll suddenly see less demos on PSN and XBL as well : (



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bouzane on 31 October 2008

Why does the Belgiun government have the power to implement such ludicrous laws? Powerful, obtrusive government is nobodies' friend. Hopefully other countries don't follow suit.



Garcian Smith on 31 October 2008

I feel a great disturbance in the Force. It is as though millions of console modchips clicked into place, and then, silence - except for the nearly-imperceptible whoosh of BitTorrent data, hits on isoHunt, and spinning DVD-R drives.



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piggychan on 31 October 2008

you can read more of it on Kotaku..

http://kotaku.com/5071986/belgium-cracks-down-ongame-rentals

and here (you might need to translate):

http://www.standaard.be/Artikel/Detail.aspx?artikelId=DMF31102008_013&ref=nieuwsoverzicht

I wonder since this is Europe how will it affect UK...



Chrizum on 31 October 2008

Hooray for console modding and other illegal ways to get your games.

I never obtained a game illegal, but with all the DRM and now this, they're practically forcing me to.



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Xen on 31 October 2008

It's been a while since I rented stuff... if it were implmented here, I'd be fine with it.



kylohk on 31 October 2008

Oh well, I guess the "Buy/Rent" section of game reviews are useless for those countries!

But still, for me, permanent ownership >> all.



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mibuokami on 31 October 2008

Its been around for ages, the industry was just willing to look the other way before... Kinda silly really, mark my word that they will NOT see anywhere near 60% rise in sale, all this does is hurt the industry.




starcraft on 31 October 2008
Chrizum said:
Hooray for console modding and other illegal ways to get your games.

I never obtained a game illegal, but with all the DRM and now this, they're practically forcing me to.

No, they are not.

You can simply buy games, or go without.  Reviews are plenty to give you a strong idea of whether you will like a game.

 



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WiiStation360 on 31 October 2008

I think libraries should be the next to go. I hear some books are read 20 to 30 time without the publisher getting any additional revenue from the readers. This is entirely wrong and is killing the book publishing industry. Closing libraries would have a amazing effect on the book industry with sales rising 100% to 200%. This will be good for everyone!

/obvious sarcasm