my opinion is, just ignore them, and see what happens for a month. uninstall the software. if they still send you an e-mail after a month, then you know you have to blackmail them back. and if after a month nothing happens, you know it aint serious. i don't put in my real address for most thing anyways, and you shouldnt because internet isn't safe, unless you know its some big company...
well actually, if they were serious and reported you to the authorities, they could easilyfind you, but is it worth it for a multi-million dollar company to take some mere simpleton to court, especially since I believe blackmail is against the law.
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</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Xollence @ Jan 26 2004, 10:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I got a letter from Cable Vision from paramount saying I downloaded and shared one of their movies. But nothing ever happened after the letter. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
I guess you could've sued or at least counter-sued them if Paramount was gonna go forward with any kind of legal action. Woulda been hard for them to win since they woulda been caught up on invasion of your privacy.
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i agree. i doubt that a big time software manufacturer would waste resources trying to track down just 1 or a few people who aren't a major threat to them. it's pretty pointless of them to say "buy the legit copy or else"
smells like bullshit to me but i wouldn't advise to take chances. anyhow companies don't and can't get the right to just search anyone's pc because they think people may have illegal copies of their software. that's unlwaful invasion of privacy.
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the riaa sucks.
what they gonna bitch about next?
if they're gonna get mad at people dlin music then they might as well go after manufacturers of cd burners. no fuck it they might as well try to moderate the entire internetlike that'll ever happen.
Formerly known as 'Animemaster'
yeah you should have just uninstalled the software and said that you hit yes to alot of pop up stuff on the net and had no idea how it got installed. What are they going to do call you al liar. Unless they break down your door. Find the crack on your PC and the active software then your caught. I mean it could be just a script they put in. Every once in a while a pop up come up and threatens people wether you bought it or not. I mean hell i bought this DVD burning software and when i entered the serial for it it said "Are you sure you got this serial from a legitimate source" Of course i said yes. But if I had found the serial on the Net i would be very iffy about continueing on.
Most games cost about $50 when they first come out.. some of the more hyped up games can be close to $60 though.
And, to tell the truth, when VHS tapes came out, there was an agreement between the RIAA and those people and VHS and any other recording device manufacturer. For every peice of recording equipment they make (CD/DVD-Rs included), the manufacturer pays a certain amount of money (royalty) to the record/movie companies... So.. it's just a matter of the RIAA being a bunch of bitches when it comes to music distribution.. some movies though, I can understand, because they might make .05 cents per DVD/CD made.. when they could easily get $20 per every DVD of the movie bought.
the companies that sue for piracy usually sue the distributors over the ppl that download it. its just like the government does with drug dealers. stop the source and they dont need to worry about us peons getting our hands on their software for free.
but in my opinion the games and software industry have it coming. they charge hundreds of dollars for 1 program which i may use a couple of times a week at most. why the f*ck would i ever even think of paying for that? its not like im selling what i make with the software. the games industry charge what? £30 for 1 game ($40 roughly), and most of the time the games are crap and have limited appeal to me. ill download games and if i really like them ill go out and buy it for the multiplayer. but no way would i ever pay £30 for a game which costs them about £2 to make including developement costs and distribution costs.
bring down the prices and ill start buying their products.
simple as, simple is.
This is kinda dumb... but it has points...
- Companies aren't allowed to search your HD without your consent (or a warrent.)
- If you are submitting an illegal keygen, they try and scare you.
- the RIAA is gay.
- Game hacking, think about it. Fairlight has been around for nearly 18 years. I know of the Razor incident, but that was prolly carelessness... etc
- If a company is after you, format your HD immediately.
- If your computer got confiscated, be thankful that u took the HDs out beforehand.
- Countersuing is a powerful tool for if a company is blackmailing you with piracy.
- If you get messages through WinMSG or whatever, they are lies.
- Download crappy, expensive games. Buy good games.
Peace out, don't be a fulltime pirate... support the industries (except the music industry because of the RIAA... >_<and so on.
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