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I was installing fonts of my FL disc today and noticed it said pre-release on it.
 Full Size It's a stock standard Freelancer 1.0 retail disc just the printing is different. Anyone know what this release was for? Reviews perhaps?
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Hi. Testing new update to Firefox Nightly browser an saw post. Fantastic! What's the copyright date on disc or back of carrier? Best way to tell.
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https://www.webopedia.com/TERM/G/gold_version.html
pre-release = for test, demo... Gold = final version
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Utterly cool.
A Beta? Figures they would. Wonder if testers got the gold when it went final? That sounds like Microsoft.
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Not a beta.
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I assume it was the final RC which later became the released version. Amusing to see "Microsoft Confidential" in the wild though.
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Was saying that the disc might have gone to the beta & playtest team after it went final. Or was a special run for those at Digital Anvil - Microsoft.
To celebrate release. Such "Special Consideration" things went out with final releases at least back then. If and it's a limited run in both cases it's a rarity and something to hang on to ( tightly).
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It's definitely final RC. Checked it against an alternatively acquired source and the files are exactly the same. Fun to see confidential on it though.
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Bingo! Confidential. Special run for MS, Digital Anvil and so on I'd bet. You might want to track that angle down. I think you have a real rarity. I've seen literally hundreds of Freelancer disks at cons and even flea markets. Never a gold disk. Or I would have one.
Edit: Went back and downloaded the photo and blew up on desktop. That line across the bottom says it all. A pat on the back gift at the staff before the game headed out the door. Maybe a handout to playtest team, but that's not likely as an "in house" gift. Edit Edit: Sent pic out. Legaleze for pre-copyright. Wouldn't DARE release to outside staff.
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Can we get an ISO of this up somewhere?
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whats the point if this is just the normal version?
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Swat's right. The value here is it was put out before not only the release, but before they had it copyrighted. (And the pretty gold bling). As releases go I think this is is about the most collectable item you could find. I wonder who it was given to back then.
Edit: Oh and it most certainly wasn't a "retail" item. No way.
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irrelevant when it was copyrighted
A copyright is an automatic international right to protect intellectual property. The copyright registration is just there to clearly identify the copyright owner. That however, that does not mean everything without copyright registration is not copyrighted. With other words... there never was a not copyrighted version of the game.
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Oookkkaaayyy.... Since I've shelled out for copyrights I'll just crawl back into my hole shaking my head. I'd point out that without a copyright Freelancer wouldn't have landed on the selves. Now in the US you have the IPCC to deal with. And in the US it is anything BUT automatic Except were single owed IP like artists and writers have. Otherwise for businesses wade through this if you have a couple of days and a law degree:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_United_States Good luck there. The process to file and receive a commercial copyright in the US costs thousands and can take up to a year. It's basically a patent processes for IP where it has to be proven you're not violating existing copyright. The process in 2003 for the game no doubt cost near 1 million US and teams of lawyers. Welcome to the US of A. (Sigh)
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