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Have they sued anyone for game piracy?

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danny_galaga:

i recall hearing that some people in denmark were unexpectedly sent bills for movies they had downloaded. this was before bit-torrents i think...

i think this is it:

http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2002/12/56717

i guess i was wrong about the pre-bit torrent thing though. seemed so long ago...

rhoelsch:
Sounds like they're after torrents for movies quite a bit more than those for games...interesting, I thought that the gaming industry brought in more money. That's why I was curious in the first place, since all you hear is movies, movies, movies, but maybe it's because that industry's got more lobbyers to push the issue. I can't see why ISP's should care in the first place.

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: SNAAKE on January 09, 2008, 06:03:41 am ---I got a letter from my ISP for "conan the barbarian 1987". apprently they setup trackers so they can catch random people downloading whatever. this was on demonoid where they allowed random public trackers. funniest thing is I actually didnt even watch the movie..just didnt seem interesting..its 20 years old for crying out loud ::)


I dont bother with torrents anymore..I will join netflix and rent whatever online.

--- End quote ---


Stay the eff off Demonoid.  Demonoid is a trap.  You can practically see the star destroyers poking around the dark side of the planet.

MaximRecoil:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on January 09, 2008, 08:55:42 am ---
--- Quote from: SNAAKE on January 09, 2008, 06:03:41 am ---I got a letter from my ISP for "conan the barbarian 1987". apprently they setup trackers so they can catch random people downloading whatever. this was on demonoid where they allowed random public trackers. funniest thing is I actually didnt even watch the movie..just didnt seem interesting..its 20 years old for crying out loud ::)


I dont bother with torrents anymore..I will join netflix and rent whatever online.

--- End quote ---


Stay the eff off Demonoid.  Demonoid is a trap.  You can practically see the star destroyers poking around the dark side of the planet.

--- End quote ---

The problem is that he has a back-stabbing ISP. If I ever got a letter from my ISP regarding anything I'd downloaded, I'd be finding a new ISP in a hurry.

Eventually, all ISP's will be like that probably, but for now, not all ISP's will "tell on you" when the RIAA, MPAA, or whatever, comes knocking. Verizon for example has been sued in the past by the RIAA for refusing to give out names of its customers accused of file sharing.

ChadTower:
Verizon sends out those letters.  I know many who have received them.  The letter isn't a "we reported you to the RIAA", it's "we saw you downloading stuff they would have interest in, cut that crap out".

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