05-10-2004, 06:28 AM
Alright, I see how that relates to KQ9, but for the remake of KQ1-4 by adg interactive and the soon to be made remake of Leisure Suit Larry, I just don't see how without express consent, this could be done.
I guess what I'm trying to get at here is there was a thread about downloading hellfire for free awhile back and I didn't give it much thought. I figured it was illegal because of copyright laws in America. Then I see people making clones of my favorite games, which for some reason I NEVER knew about till last week and full remakes. I also see titles in freeware sites offering games such as KQ1 in original form as it was on the Atari ST but PC compatible for free, Dungeon Master (my favorite and glad I just found out about this one), etc. Now the 50+ years has not passed for these games, but they're being offered as freeware already... They're being cloned! They're being remade! So my question is, is this legal, and if so, why not Hellfire, and if not, why aren't the game companies doing anything about it?
I guess what I'm trying to get at here is there was a thread about downloading hellfire for free awhile back and I didn't give it much thought. I figured it was illegal because of copyright laws in America. Then I see people making clones of my favorite games, which for some reason I NEVER knew about till last week and full remakes. I also see titles in freeware sites offering games such as KQ1 in original form as it was on the Atari ST but PC compatible for free, Dungeon Master (my favorite and glad I just found out about this one), etc. Now the 50+ years has not passed for these games, but they're being offered as freeware already... They're being cloned! They're being remade! So my question is, is this legal, and if so, why not Hellfire, and if not, why aren't the game companies doing anything about it?
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