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Theft; receiving stolen property
Sec. 2. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally exerts unauthorized control over property of another person, with intent to deprive the other person of any part of its value or use, commits theft
Originally posted by Kranil
reply to post by sir_chancealot
Theft; receiving stolen property
Sec. 2. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally exerts unauthorized control over property of another person, with intent to deprive the other person of any part of its value or use, commits theft
You download a game, movie or music, and you have deprived the original owner of possible profit. By the definition you provided, that's theft. It seems you're the one who's ignorant of the law.
[edit on 21-8-2008 by Kranil]
Originally posted by Interestinggg
These guys didn't get the details legally.They have been using an "illegal" virus program made by logistep.
Which has been known to "print" these threatening letter to people printers.
It has been banned in many European country's for invasion of privacy.
And some lawyers who have used it have been banned from practicing law.
It is just an illegal profiteering exercise.
If people can afford to buy it, 99% will.
Therefore they are not lost revenue to begin with.
Originally posted by wheresthetruth
Computer games industry threat to downloaders: 'pay up or we'll sue'
technology.timesonline.co.uk
(visit the link for the full news article)
The computer games industry has launched an unprecedented assault on illegal downloads, demanding payment from thousands of families who obtained the latest releases over the internet without paying.
Five of the world’s top games developers will serve notice on 25,000 people across the UK, requiring each one to pay £300 immediately to settle out of court.
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arstechnica.com
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[edit on 20/8/2008 by Mirthful Me]
According to Sony, it will introduce dynamic in-game advertising to its titles in an attempt "to bolster the already rapidly growing worldwide in-game advertising industry, which is expected to grow 1,150 percent to $971.3 million between 2006 and 2011 according to the Yankee Group."
For example the gamecube console , ps2 and xbox were easy to "crack" to read copied dvd´s , while gamecube read mini DVD´s , and it was a pain in the ass to "crack" it , that was one of the reasons that made gamecube a failure.