Crackdown on web game sharing

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The company behind the computer game Dream Pinball 3D is taking 100 British people to court for allegedly uploading the game to file sharing sites.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7505000/7505916.stm

Well, i'm sure there will be some innocent people caught up in all of this.

I hope innocent people aren't accused. With any luck only the guilty will be caught.

"The man in charge of the case, David Gore, said: "There is no difference between stealing a DVD from a high street retailer and downloading it from a peer-to-peer network. "

Not quite David, its illegal but thats not an equal comparison as one is a physical object and the other isnt.

"We hope that it will act as a deterrent. There is a hard core of file sharers who are just interested in getting something for nothing."

Itonically I get the impression this game company is trying to get something for nothing by suing people many times the value of the game over who probably wouldnt have brought the game anyway. Of course the lawyers also get rich in the process.

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The company behind the computer game Dream Pinball 3D is taking 100 British people to court for allegedly uploading the game to file sharing sites.
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Well, i'm sure there will be some innocent people caught up in all of this.

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Some innocent??? The game was a festering pile of (figure it out) im shocked they actually think 100 people even bothered.

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100 British people to court for allegedly uploading the game

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Where does in mention DOWNLOADING........

Non of these people are innocent, they knew what they were doing.

You won't get taken to court for downloading, you may get a nasty email, but they cannot charge you with anything..
Its the uploading that gets you done........

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Its the uploading that gets you done........

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AKA distribution of copyright material