Activision shows that they're not messing around, even when it comes to their 2006 videogames that have been marked down to $30.
Poor pirate James R. Strickland of New York has been busted by Activision. We don't know how they found out, but they did, and now they're suing Strickland for up to $150,000 for each infringement of each copyrighted videogame he's pirated. Yikes!
They somehow found out Strickland was copying and distributing Call of Duty 3 along with some other unnamed games. It seems that Activision knows what those other titles were, as they into to amend the current complaint "to add additional acts of infringement," says Edge.
Activision is also asking the Court to make Strickland destroy his copies and his copying devices.
To go after one guy is a pretty big deal. Did Strickland have a huge operation going on from his house? Or is Activision trying to make an example out of this?
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12:23 PM on 09.19.2008
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what the hell are you trying to say here?
I think into = intend
Btw why would anyone want CoD3 anyway? And piracy is wrong, except for beating Securom. Death to DEARM
If you can't afford $30 something is wrong.
Sucks to be this guy!
Well, my fellow Americans, you get what you vote for, and if words like recession and depression mean anything to you, and you have the slightest idea of how inflation process works, you'd better start piling your cash for the local pirate store. :-D
Selling pirated games is just the lamest thing.
P.S. Who the hell buys pirated games? They are even more stupid!
*goes to reformat all hard drives*
By the way, I think it's lovely that a lot of people who pirate games are going to be all for this guy's arrest. Downloading and distributing is the same thing. Don't get mixed up here.
I do not believe you can class them on the same level.
If I was to steal £20 from a bank, then that is wrong.
If I was to steal £20 and then produce thousands of counterfeit £20 notes from it and sell them on at half price then that is IMHO a much more serious matter.
I think you need to re-evaluate your statement.
Just because you don't, do you still buy 2nd Hand? There's not much difference to the consumer who buys a badly printed game and box, and then buys a scratched, busted-boxed 2nd hand copy.
Money-wise, the developers don't see a penny in either sale.
That's just in "developed and rich" countries. What about less economically-sound countries? For many, a pirate version is the ONLY way to play. Either because the game won't be released (because of censorship, or no trade agreements), or be massively delayed (India just got the DS and Wii!).