Disturbing Facts

Fyron · #1 March 24th, 2002, 09:46 PM

Ok, just making sure.

Atrocities · #2 March 24th, 2002, 09:49 PM

Just making sure.

Baron Munchausen · #3 March 24th, 2002, 10:19 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Richard:
We don't trasmit anything from your computer, the game automatically tried to phone out to make sure you have a net connection.

Sending out info from a game is illegal, Bliizard got in a lot of trouble for it and we certaintly wouldn't repeat that.

No we do a lot of research on the "warez" scene, that's all.

Heh... after all, how do the 'warez kiddiez' know if you're a software publisher checking up on them?

PvK · #4 March 24th, 2002, 10:55 PM

Even if you manage to count the number of times people download a game from warez sites, those may be copyright violations, but they don't equate to lost sales. Many people pirate games to check them out. Some of them probably continue to use the pirated Version and would have bought it if they couldn't pirate it, but I'd think that would be a rather small fraction compared to the number who download the pirated Version but don't get into it, and would never have bought it, or do get into it, and end up buying a legit copy.

PvK

tesco samoa · #5 March 25th, 2002, 12:39 AM

PVK I agree with you there.

disabled · #6 March 25th, 2002, 03:06 PM

Something I don't get is that an angency like the FBI, for example, could spare a few agents to just surf the net, find warez sites, make a few calls, and shut them down.

I do it to Bandwidth theives when they do it.

Also, a little heads up. I've looked at SE.org's keyword report. 250 hits since March 1 for warez and cracks. That was a low month.

I do know many of them are hosted out of the US, but surely organizations like InterPol can also help out.

EDIT: speeeling errorrrs fyxied.

[ 25 March 2002: Message edited by: Hadrian Aventine ]

Suicide Junkie · #7 March 25th, 2002, 04:14 PM

I'm quite surprised:
My homepage has dropped quite far down on the % of searches for illegal downloads.

It used to be something like 60% "full download" type things. That is down to 1.5%
The more ambiguous "SE4 gold" search is 25%, though.
71% is now actually searches for techs, mods and P&N!

I'm not sure how I managed 2% of my search engine (google!) hits from "homemade weapons make".

All out of 400 google hits.