EPTMost people don't have any understanding of law and many are scared out of their mind as soon as they see a § sign. Many shady companies abuse this to send intimidating lawyer letters to people to get them to pay a sum to avoid a lawsuit, although they actually don't have any legal substance. Spreading the news that hacking means being sued is a great deterrent against hacking.
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Scorch
Austria3371 Posts
Most people don't have any understanding of law and many are scared out of their mind as soon as they see a § sign. Many shady companies abuse this to send intimidating lawyer letters to people to get them to pay a sum to avoid a lawsuit, although they actually don't have any legal substance. Spreading the news that hacking means being sued is a great deterrent against hacking. | ||
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Amnesty
United States2054 Posts
On October 16 2010 14:13 hordeau wrote: This is amazing. Finally a company taking some serious action against cheaters instead of everyone else just banning the CD Key and allowing the player to just buy another copy of the game. I'm actually happy when they perma ban keys. Its annoying as hell when they temp ban them for a week. | ||
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Buffy
Sweden665 Posts
On October 16 2010 14:44 domane wrote: Do hack developers make money off their abominations? I assumed until now that hacks were free. There is some hackers that sell their hack to distributors, some sell themselves, and others as some story I've heard recently about someone stole a hack from his hacker friend and sold it, some starcraft 2 hack that is. | ||
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Buffy
Sweden665 Posts
On October 16 2010 16:33 ZerglingSoup wrote: Wait, those ridiculously long EULAs that NOBODY reads before just hitting "accept" are legally binding? I find that hard to believe. They are actually : ) even if it's hard to belive ! | ||
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brafix
United States37 Posts
This will be a non issue soon enough and its back to business as usual for all parties involved. | ||
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FarbrorAbavna
Sweden4856 Posts
Or Blizzard is just really invested into this and is making sure bnet 2.0 isnt frowned upon as some sort of haven for people ruining the experience. Edit: Or I'm talking out of my ass  Or..or..or....whatever the reason this is freaking good news. go blizz! | ||
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Tekin
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nGBeast
United States914 Posts
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teamsolid
Canada3668 Posts
On October 16 2010 16:54 brafix wrote: you guys seriously overestimate the mental effect suing people has. Look at how much RIAA and MPAA lawsuits have deterred music and movie piracy..... :/ And remember, these were multi MILLION dollar suits. This will be a non issue soon enough and its back to business as usual for all parties involved. That's cuz everyone downloads shit making it extremely unlikely that you'll ever get sued... not everyone writes hacks. | ||
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Lighioana
Norway466 Posts
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akatama
Romania982 Posts
Great news but somehow this looks like the tip of the iceberg. I'm expecting a lot more of these kind of actions in the near future and i really hope hackers will at least learn to keep the hacks to themselves so they don't ruin the game. Overall nice work Blizzard! | ||
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SaroDarksbane
United States55 Posts
On October 16 2010 13:50 Damnesiac wrote: REALLY REALLY hate the direction intellectual property and copyright law is headed in the US. As much as I hate hackers and would like to see some misery come to them, I pretty much agree with this. It's great to want a level playing field for Starcraft, but I'd rather not set precedents that will go on to cause havoc in the rest of society in order to do so. The Glider ruling was particularly bad. On October 16 2010 14:13 andrewlt wrote: You have no clue how copyright law works. Or he does, and he just disagrees with it. | ||
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Tommylew
Wales2717 Posts
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k!llua
Australia895 Posts
he's a dick for producing cheats but just thinking that they can somehow charge someone thousands of miles away is a joke. it's like hicks and gillett getting a us court to issue an injunction of a sale in england. disgusting. | ||
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Dreamscythe
Finland273 Posts
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keV.
United States3214 Posts
On October 16 2010 14:50 infringement153 wrote: First of all, I doubt this lawsuit will be successful... And even if it is, development of the hacks will just move to another country. Hackers will still exist. *not that I condone hacking, just stating it the way I think it will turn out* You should really read this thread. People like you drive me insane. None of the hackers being sued are native to the US. Someone mentioned just a few posts ago that it will come down to deciding if a CA judge has jurisdiction over them. Please read the thread before saying something this silly. | ||
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blank7
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"When users of the Hacks download, install, and use the Hacks, they copy StarCraft II copyrighted content into their computer's RAM in excess of the scope of their limited license, as set forth in the EULA and ToU, and create derivative works of StarCraft II." This argument might be used as a precedence not only for starcraft but for all kind of software/games. In combination with blizzards/activisions strict rules of "sanctioned" game-experience enhancement this might become a drop-dead argument on any kind of mod which any company wants to enforce: Want to sell a build order tester? - Ban all existing testers, cause they infringe on the copyright. Dont like independant hack-sniffers and want to sell your own? I might be a little paranoid on that subject - but theres always someone who wants to optimize the gross margin and likes to be creative (especially if the "tools" are available). | ||
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okaygo
United States83 Posts
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McFoo
United Kingdom180 Posts
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Frits
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