Why have CD/DVD lables?

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4tyGames:
I always find the disc work interesting. If anything, some discs have some really nice designs or funny ancedotes. My favorite is The Bard's Tale on the XBox.

quadro:

--- Quote from: z0mbiew0lf on February 10, 2009, 09:54:40 PM ---I don't see the need for it, but down the line someday we might need all those scans, good to get the while they're still somewhat current. Anyway, who cares about pirates, we're not helping/promoting the downloads of games, just the fact that they should look nice.

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Good point about getting the lables while they are available to get in good condition, that is not the point of my topic, although thanks for mentioning it. The second part about who cares about pirates, well, the gaming companies do I am sure. As far as your statement that you are not promoting or helping pirates, um, I have seen several ads here on this site promoting roms (may be a problem with the ad rotator service that this site uses). If viewed from the publisher of these games that have lables for available, what would you think? Your final statement about the game discs looking nice is pretty subjective, I mean, just keep the discs in their cases and you won't need to replace the lable on your legit 'copy' of the game.

--- Quote from: Shugo Takahashi on February 10, 2009, 10:05:14 PM ---Well, I don't see why not. If there's SOMEBODY out there that can use them, then why not? There's no reason to deny scanners that want to submit content even if it's "useless." Content is still content, and the more we have the better the selection is.

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Would your 'SOMEBODY' include pirates that want to seem like they are not pirates by having these lables? I agree, I see no reason to deny the scanners that want to submit content to the site, just that the site should use a little more discretion in what is offered or accepted. I am not trying to say anyone's work is 'useless'. "Content is content" even if it is possibly illegal content?

--- Quote from: 4tyGames on February 10, 2009, 10:56:22 PM ---I always find the disc work interesting. If anything, some discs have some really nice designs or funny ancedotes. My favorite is The Bard's Tale on the XBox.

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I much prefer the bigger canvas provided by the game case lables. The discs are seemingly bigger 'POGS' to me, cool to look at but I don't spend that much attention to them. There is some good artwork on different game discs, I agree with you there.

Mick Dundee:
Why would you spend all your time going through ALL the disc games to find Disc scans, and then complain about them on the forums?

It says you have posted 3 times... Each seems to complain about the Disc images being on the site.

I actually agree, I don't know why you would "Need" a hi-res scan of the discs. But there are reasons besides pirating to SEE the images.

Some games come with different art on the discs (Alundra, Greatest hits, ect.)

Some people might want to see the image so they don't get scammed on a fake copy.

My local game store guy keeps ALL his disc games in CD "Binders" I'm sure its easier to find a game if you know what it looks like, even alphabetical order doesn't help much if its a series game.

I came across this site because of my older games being a messy unorganized box of cartridges.
Because of this site I can proudly display my games. That is the goal of the site, and the people uploading images to it.

They all do great jobs, and it kinda pisses me off that you're insinuating they promote piracy and purposely upload Disc images to help that.

--LMAO, you got me to open my Bard's Tale game 4tyGames, Its early.... I actually flipped the disc thinking there was an image etched in it or something :D

Shugo Takahashi:
Do you honestly think that all the discs uploaded to the site were done for piracy? Legitimate owners of legitimate copies of these games are just scanning away so that others can download and burn with a pretty disc face. Not only do I seriously doubt that, but it doesn't matter. If some kind soul with the power and the time to scan his stuff in is ready and willing and is actively submitting everything he can, then there's no reason not to add his work to the collection. This project is entirely a community effort, and different corners of the community have different resources they can provide. If somebody can scan in disc labels, then why not? Pirates or not, there's going to be somebody out there who needs them and the Project grows from it either way with the guaranteed quality that this site is becoming known for. It's not promoting piracy; it's promoting completion, community effort, and quality.

By the way, you might also want to also take the time to complain about the flash cart cover ( http://www.thecoverproject.net/view.php?game_id=2892 ) we have for DS. ;)

csvo2000:
Seriously if someone wants to pirate current games, all they have to do is go to Blockbuster. There they can get the game they want to pirate and have a nice pretty scan of the disc. I use the Collectorz software to organize my collection and its nice to have the scan of the disc along with the scans of the inner sleve (cd games PS1, DC etc.)

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