Why no 360 cover uploads?

[quadro]

In no way does having current gen covers on the site encourage piracy. I don't even see how you made that connection. I can almost guarantee that most people downloading those covers are doing so for the same reason the rest of us are: because we bought a copy used without the case or our own case is damaged and we want a high quality replacement. Not hosting them because they have the potential of being abused is absurd. That would be like banning pencils because they can potentially be used as a deadly weapon.

True and for the most part,  I agree, I can't count the number of times I have bought used games and not gotten a lable with it (for a CD/DVD game) or box (cartridge games) in the past.  
But, please elaborate on this point:
How do you explain the need for a CD/DVD Lable?  

http://www.thecoverproject.net/view.php?cover_id=6146
http://www.thecoverproject.net/view.php?game_id=5643
http://www.thecoverproject.net/view.php?game_id=4213

I mean, those are commercial games with custom/retail lables there.  In what situation would someone need those lables for a CD/DVD without pirating the game being involved?  I can understand lables for homebrew and ports made by developers online like say, Quake 2 for Xbox and such.  

[the7k]

Well, in one case, I actually would use disc labels if I had such technology available. Namely, my copy of Star Wars: Battlefront for the PS2 has scratches on the front of it. It doesn't affect the game, but it would be nice to fix as it is pretty unsightly.

Still, I can certainly understand why such a thing would be unnecessary to host. Considering space is always such a precious resource, I'd also say there is no need to have them here when we could have more covers instead.

[TheValeman]

Quadro has mentioned his views on CD/DVD labels in a couple of threads here to date revolving around the idea that the only use for a label is piracy.

Personally, I agree with him.

Printing a cover onto a paper label for the purpose of covering a scratched original disc is almost non-sensical. The issues around disc's not spinning up quickly enough due to the added weight or labels coming off in drives when they heat up & the adhesive lets go are well known .... I ruined a cd-writer that way .... so anyone trying it is courting disaster frankly.

However, as I stated in another post ... why should our preserving original artwork in all it's forms ... be stopped because the POTENTIAL exists for its misuse. That's the same as the idea of banning cars or guns because they can be used to run someone over or shoot them. It's not the tools [in this case disk labels] that is the problem.

In the movie Happy Gilmore a shirt logo on Happy's old boss stated it very well indeed "Guns dont kill people ..... I kill them"

[AppleQueso]

I would respond to Quadro, but TheValeman pretty much nailed my response for the most part.

[Snowcone]

Agreed. We aren't pirating games and we aren't advocating it. We are in the pursuit of preserving this content in it's original form in a high resolution form. We make it available to the community free of charge. I scan both insert and disc simply because I can and I'd rather have both while I can still find both.

[juan0tron]

Yeah, too bad no one scans manuals anymore. Although I'll never print 'em out, they're always nice to look at for nostalgia and such. Even though last time I saw a 360 manual, it was like 2 pages. Depends on the game. Just taking 2 original xbox games as exampls: Indigo Prophecy had lyrics for the soundtrack and a bunch of stuff written by the creator telling about his ideas, and the Warriors was this huge full color book with promotional art and information on all the gangs and such.

Plus most used games I get these days are lucky to even have the dvd case intact

[Mick Dundee]

I uploaded some 600 DPI 360 raw scans some of you might be interested in (satoshi_matrix)
 Fable 2 Collectors Edition (scanned the outer box too)
 Conan
 Dynasty Warriors Gundam
 Eternal Sonata
 Guitar Hero World Tour
 Lego Indiana Jones
 Mass Effect
 Naruto Rise of a Ninja
 Naruto the Broken Bond
 Rayman Raving Rabbids
 Rock Band 2
 and  Warriors Orochi


 (((( I have uploaded these Raws in 600 dpi.))))

[robertstump]

<rant>
I've needed the cd/dvd disc cover a few times. I bought the SE edition of Devil May Cry 3 which I guess only comes in either a greatest hits version (yuck) or in a special pack with the rest of the series. The version I bought 'used' came from the pack (no red band). The disc the gamestop guy gave me however, has a red band at the bottom. I'm still not sure if the SE that comes from pack has a red band on the disc or not. I'm assuming it doesn't but I truly don't know since I haven't seen the disc. 

All of it is a moot point anyway, I'm going to end up buying the pack. I can't stand that one my games has 'This game came in a pack, not for resale' on the back, while the rest don't. I can reprint the case label, but that doesn't change the red band on the disc.
</rant>

On the point of disc labels-
It's always easier creating custom cases when you have more images to work with, sometimes discs have cleaner logos or art to work from. Pirates shouldn't deter us from uploading anything that could help us.

On another note-
I know I'm kind of (really) new here, with this being my second post and all, but someday I wouldn't mind taking an admin role. I have a B.A. in Animation and a minor in graphic design, so my background fits with the content. Having high-quality content was and is a priority for many of the things I do.

[Doom]

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On another note-
I know I'm kind of (really) new here, with this being my second post and all, but someday I wouldn't mind taking an admin role. I have a B.A. in Animation and a minor in graphic design, so my background fits with the content. Having high-quality content was and is a priority for many of the things I do.

Wow.

[robertstump]

Wow.

Ehehe. I knew I shouldn't have said anything. It's been a long time since I've posted on any sort of forum at all. I forget how people treated newbs. >_<

Either way, I didn't mean to sound demanding or anything of the sort, mostly just wanted to help. =D

[tiktektak]

Wow.

Ehehe. I knew I shouldn't have said anything. It's been a long time since I've posted on any sort of forum at all. I forget how people treated newbs. >_<

Either way, I didn't mean to sound demanding or anything of the sort, mostly just wanted to help. =D

Show us your works and dedication for the project by creating covers and being an active member and maybe you'll become an guru/admin sometime in the future....

[Doom]

Ehehe. I knew I shouldn't have said anything. It's been a long time since I've posted on any sort of forum at all. I forget how people treated newbs. >_<

Either way, I didn't mean to sound demanding or anything of the sort, mostly just wanted to help. =D

Sorry, I meant more "wow, someone who's qualified." Snowcone (site admin) probably won't give you FTP access, but make a few covers and at some point you could probably get in.

[robertstump]

Sorry, I meant more "wow, someone who's qualified." Snowcone (site admin) probably won't give you FTP access, but make a few covers and at some point you could probably get in.

Wrong train of thought on my part, sorry about that. I'll go upload a cover to feel better. =D