Has anyone ever been fined

[gettogaara]

Just curious since I was reading an article about how this guy downloaded some music and got fined for a lot of money,has anyone ever been fined and is it possible that the game companys will ever start?

 

[screw_ball69]

Yes that's why your not suppose to pirate games.

 

[solidsnake13]

Yes that's why your not suppose to pirate games.

did you read the post? It was about downloading music, yes it is infered that the same thing could happen with games, but that is besides the point

 

[injected11]

Yes that's why your not suppose to pirate games.

did you read the post? It was about downloading music, yes it is infered that the same thing could happen with games, but that is besides the point

Actually that's exactly the point. It's illegal. They can fine you.

 

[elixirdream]

since they could do this on music and i believe is whether they want to do the same for gaming industry

 

[megawalk]

once some cops are on the spot i put on some dragonforce music and say "This is a brand-new nintendo media cartridge, the music was before the copyright issues"
i never been fined for this though

 

[Fabis94]

In some countries you can, but in some the government simply doesn't care so there's nothing that can happen.

 

[Panzer Tacticer]

Has anyone ever been fined.

The easy answer is yes.

People have been fined for music plenty of times.

Games is not so visible, but Nintendo has recently been beating up Japanese citizens for game piracy.

 

[gettogaara]

No one in America or Europe have been fined yet have they?

 

[InuYasha]

In most cases when it comes to music/games they go after the big fish aka sites that supply such things or people that share alot of it,if your worried about being fined then simply don't download anything illegal.....

 

[Mangofett]

No one in America or Europe have been fined yet have they?

Quite a few in fact. My best friends uncles brothers sisters dogs long distant cousin got life in jail for piracy.

 

[Cermage]

it actually happens quite frequently. just dont be stupid about it (i.e sell pirated stuff or use public trackers)

 

[budrow66]

Um yes actually a few have been.
Student Fined For Games
Poor guy shoulda sold some PC equipment to pay for school.

This is just strange.
Crabs for copies lol

But it has happened and will happen again. The more control the company looses over its products the steeper the fines.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

I don't think the government will care if you make a few illegal copies of games, like a casual pirate.

If you're renting out space in a storage facility and stacking it wall-to-wall with pirated copies of Transformers 2, on the other hand, you may just receive a hefty fine. I remember a few years back, around the time Revenge of the Sith came out, some guy got arrested for stockpiling bootleg copies of the movie.

 

[naglaro00]

Here in my country, like 6 years ago, there was a news report about finding a building that burns PS2 and Gamecube games. They even showed Donkey Kong on a DVD5. And that's the only time they mentioned games and pirates in one report.

 

[Ferrariman]

I got a C&D from paramount once. It was hilarious.

 

[Dragoon709]

I got a C&D from an old ISP here once while downloading a Sims 1 expansion pack but that was all.

 

[smash_brew]

I also got a C&D from my isp for Madea Goes to Jail. Of all things it had to be that movie. If you're using torrents get peer guardian and/or only use private trackers.

 

[Mangofett]

Here is one example of getting caught for piracy

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local-be...s-52386872.html

It's scary because he can get more time in jail than some people have for killing a person.

 

[MAD_BOY]

once some cops are on the spot i put on some dragonforce music and say "This is a brand-new nintendo media cartridge, the music was before the copyright issues"
i never been fined for this though

Duh, it's still legal here in NL to download things for personal use.