Porn Pirates Busted by Fake Game Installer
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Meh. If they hadn't tried to steal the game they would be fine. No sympathy. In fact this is hilarious.
So, if a criminal steals your camera, takes nude pictures of someone, and you somehow get your camera back without legal action, are you legally obligated to delete said photos? What if your camera has a program that automatically uploads your photos to a remote site for public viewing?Tiamat666 said:
@"EULA is a contract": the EULA may be a contract that both parties agreed to (as far as I know this method hasn't been tested in court), but that said provisions in a contract have to be both reasonable and enforcible. There are some rights that cannot be written away by contract. That said, I am not an expert and I cannot say how strong of a right privacy is. Nor can I tell you what the privacy law is in Japan (although I do know that their history and tradition of privacy is so vastly different from the west's that this may not nearly be as big of a deal as it is here).
That shit is hilarious.
Even if it is explained, isn't both pirating the game and breaking into someone's computer illegal and both completly punishable offences?
Meaning that all parties, technically, can be taken to court?
Even if it is explained, isn't both pirating the game and breaking into someone's computer illegal and both completly punishable offences?
Meaning that all parties, technically, can be taken to court?
This is harmless, but exactly the kind of thing that makes it so piracy is unattractive to me and something I advise against. Mainly the fact that anytime you download something like that you take substantial risks of getting a virus that can wreck your computer, and maybe even spread to other people's computers via E-mail and such. The potential is not worth the risk.
... and yes, on another note this DOES demonstrate why I don't like the idea of DRM, and constant internet connections to play games and such. I'm not a super-paranoid (despite how it might sound) but generally speaking I want full control over what goes on my system and what happens with it.
... and yes, on another note this DOES demonstrate why I don't like the idea of DRM, and constant internet connections to play games and such. I'm not a super-paranoid (despite how it might sound) but generally speaking I want full control over what goes on my system and what happens with it.
Am I the only one that doesn't see anything but an infraction against your rights here and nothing else? How can you steal a virus? Especially if it wasn't the real game, wasn't a sold good, and they put it up themselves. That sounds like they put a dollar in the road with an AIDS needle in hopes some one picks it up and stabs themselves.
You can't steal something when nothing was stolen, especially if the creators put that stuff up there themselves. That's Grade A bullshit. They're entrapping people assuming they have an intent to steal the product. Lots of grounds of argument there.
You can't steal something when nothing was stolen, especially if the creators put that stuff up there themselves. That's Grade A bullshit. They're entrapping people assuming they have an intent to steal the product. Lots of grounds of argument there.
Actually, whoever used it had to accept an agreement right? Well in this agreement they clearly said what it was gonna do, and they said "Go for it man!" when they clicked 'OK'Demented Teddy said:
Well, another VERY good reason why you shouldn't be a pirate! Now if you exuse me I'm gonna have to delete certain folders and pictures on my HDD...
The comparison you're making is very, very off.pneuma08 said:
My desktop is part of my "private home area". There could be ANYTHING on there, just as there could be anything lying around in my living room. Naked pictures of family & friends, credit card numbers, pins, whatever. The company that did this might just as well break into my house and take pictures of what is going on there.
Imagine I have my bank account login on my desktop because I use online-banking and frequently forget it. Now that guys upload a screenshot of it on the internet and my life savings are gone. Awesome.
What you are saying makes no sense. How has someone uploading a picture of my private life got something to do with a guy stealing my camera and taking pictures?
Kiddies, run a firewall if you play with fire. Zonealarm is a pretty good free one, easy to configure. That way all programs have to ask permission to talk out.