Activision seeks $30,000 to $150,000 in damages "for each infringement of each copyrighted videogame." After looking into the issue, GamePolitics uncovered six other instances of piracy-related Activision lawsuits. Settlements in those cases ranged from $1,000 to $100,000, the site says, adding that five of the six defendants lacked representation.
Why haven't more tongues been wagging about these cases? Apparently, the settlements forbid defendants from making "any public statements that are inconsistent with any term of this Stipulation to Judgment and Permanent Injunction."
This is pathetic. Activision has just sunk to Sony & RIAA status.
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The lawsuits may not be related to file sharing. GamePolitics has received a message from one of Activision's attorneys, who says his law firm has "never filed any litigation against a file-sharer on behalf of Activision."
The lawsuits may not be related to file sharing. GamePolitics has received a message from one of Activision's attorneys, who says his law firm has "never filed any litigation against a file-sharer on behalf of Activision."
So, it's not the filesharing they've got a problem w\, it's the end result, looks like. While it's good & all that they're making that slight distinction, these sort of draconian bullshit penalties don't sit well w\ me. I'd like to know how Activision targets which folk they sue next for this type of thing.
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Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
"Spore Galactic Edition" has been released. Same reviews as the regular version: 1.5 stars out of 5. Only 5% of the number of reviews of the basic version, but DRM is still an issue.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
That's okay. I mean I'll still download a crack to stop that, because I have no intention of getting up and going over and swapping out disks whenever I want to play different games, like they have some sort of DRM-gun pointed at my feet saying "Dance customer monkey, dance!" But it won't stop me from buying it.
"ATTENTION: Customers browsing porn must hold magazines with both hands at all times!"
Disk checks I can live with, even without a crack.
The shit EA is doing? Totally unacceptable.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Disk checks........ are ok. I remember a game I used to play back in '93... "Empire." The copy protection was, "In the manual, on page 47, type in the 14th word on the page."
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"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Those I hated. When I open a boxed game, the second step is to throw away anything in the box that isn't a) a game disk or b) kinda cool. Code wheels and manuals are neither.
"ATTENTION: Customers browsing porn must hold magazines with both hands at all times!"
Got a code wheel. For some reason, my IBM version of Pool of Radiance disagrees w\ it, though.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
