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mcjones92 said:
I pirated like 6 wii games from the time I got my modchip. and like 20 DS games. I am kind of worried that I might get caught by the whoever. I live in the USA so it is illegal to mod the Wii. What are the chances of getting in trouble? I only pirate because MOST Wii games are shit and not worth the money. Is there any software I can download that will protect me either? I just straight up download the games....

generally nobody will find out unless you call someone and tell them heh. not like if you have a friend who is a police officer over seeing the dvdrs around they'll know what they are, since it is a pretty common household item these days. 6 wii and 20 ds isn't a lot, I think george bush or clinton I forgot which...allows you to have like under $5000 worth of pirated goods and you can't get punished.
 
skyman747 said:
The government doesn't care, it is the people who make the software/songs that get upset. And even with that, there is enough people who actually buy the shit that it makes up for however many people pirate it.

+1
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Wiisel said:
so you can just download and stick any old mp3 on a stock ipod ?
wtf do people pay itunes for?

They pay for a fast download, better quality, and for the lulz.
 
Well....I've actually been caught. Just once, but it scared the crap out of me.
There i was innocently downloading Age of Empires III and because of the stupid download limits on out plans here in Australia i had to wait till offpeak.....
Next day i recieve an email from my ISP

Code:
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Copyright Regulations 1969
NOTICE OF CLAIMED INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT BY COPYRIGHT OWNER OR AGENT -
STORAGE, CACHING, OR REFERRAL TO INFRINGING COPYRIGHT MATERIAL
1 Feb 2008 18:12:25 GMT
ESA Reference Number: 182-15818179
TO TPG Internet Pty Ltd.:
1. I, on behalf of the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), issue this notice for the purposes of item 1, condition 3 of item 3, and condition 3 of item 4 of the table in subsection 116AH(1) of the Copyright Act 1968 and regulation 20I of the Copyright Regulations 1969.
2. ESA is the agent of the owner of the copyright in the copyright material specified in the below Schedule (i.e., game product that is protected by Australian intellectual property law), that is being infringed by material residing on your system or network, cached on your system or network, or referred or linked to by your system or network.
3. I believe, in good faith, that the storage, caching, linking, or referral of/to the infringing copyright material on your system or network is not authorised by the copyright owner or a licensee of the copyright owner, or the Copyright Act 1968, and is therefore an infringement of the copyright in that material.
4. I have taken reasonable steps to ensure that the information and statements in this notice are accurate.

NAME OF AGENT OF OWNER: Entertainment Software Association
ADDRESS: 575 7th Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20004 USA

Intellectual Property Enforcement
Entertainment Software Association
(Agent of owner)
TELEPHONE NUMBER: (1) 202-223-2400
FAX NUMBER: (1) 202 223 2401
E-MAIL ADDRESS: mailto:[email protected]?subject=RE%3A%20Notice%20ID%3A%20­ 182%2D15818179%20ESA%20Australia%2­ 0Notice

SCHEDULE
DESCRIPTION OF COPYRIGHT MATERIAL: Based on the information at its disposal on the 1 Feb 2008 18:03:27 GMT, ESA has a good faith belief that 60.240.34.58 infringes the rights of one or more ESA members by offering for sale or download unauthorized copies of game products protected by copyright. The copyrighted works that have been infringed include but are not limited to:

Title: XXXX
Infringement Source: BitTorrent
Infringement Timestamp: 1 Feb 2008 18:03:27 GMT
Infringement Last Documented: 1 Feb 2008 18:03:27 GMT
Infringer Username:
Infringing Filename: XXXX
Infringing Filesize: XXXX
Infringer IP Address: XXXX
Infringer DNS Name: XXXX
Infringing URL: XXXX

LOCATION OF COPYRIGHT MATERIAL RESIDING ON CARRIAGE SERVICE PROVIDER'S SYSTEM: The unauthorized copies of such game product(s) appears on or is made available through XXXX. Those items are listed and/or identified thereon by their titles or variations thereof, game-related listings/references/descriptions, ­ or depictions of game-related artwork. Such copies, titles, game-related listings/references/descriptions, ­ and depictions are hereinafter referred to as "Infringing Material."

ACTION REQUESTED: In light of the infringing material described herein, ESA hereby requests TPG Internet Pty Ltd. to immediately do the following:

1. Notify the account holder of the Infringing Material.
2. Remove, or disable access to, the Infringing Material detailed above.
3. Take appropriate action against the account holder under your Abuse
Policy/Terms of Service Agreement, including termination of a repeat offender.

(not my email, but it's the exact same.)
I stopped downloading stuff for about a week, until i read into it.
Just installed peerguardian 2 and never had a problem again....
 
Man thats unlucky. just wanted to know about how many gb did you download in total (all games, apps, etc) before this
 
1st of all, hello yuyuyup I see you are reading this thread.


ok with that out of the way
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yeah some people get those emails for downloading from torrent or for hosing ftp. I'm not sure why that is suppose to scare someone off, I haven't seen anyone get prosecuted for anything. There was a big scare in a console chat room I was in in the late 90's, not sure what that was all about. I guess someone was hosting some N64 games and got caught. But all I've ever seen is people get prosecuted for selling access to pirated software, not for freely distributing it.

I periodically check the email on my isp and haven't seen anything. They didn't even send me a warning email when they told me that they did, when they cut off my internet access for downloading over 300 gigs of data. I shun torrents though because those are looked at too frequently by these places like the ESA and whatever else they renamed to IDSA to.

Some people believe that just because some games aren't produced any more, they are free to download them too. So they feel safe on torrents for PSX and arcade roms for example. But I know better than that and people should too. If it was for sale at a time, it more than likely isn't legal to download. But sometimes the developers will put it out for free to download like grand theft auto and command and conquer. And those are good games still.

One time I called a manufacturer of a game that I wanted to get that was made over 10 years ago to see if I could still buy it. Nope, no copies available at all. The only way to get the game is to pirate it if you can find it. But that is pretty bad because that wouldn't be legal and it sucks that some games if you want to legitimately buy them, they aren't available at all. But then again most people play new stuff that is out and don't care about old stuff. These days I don't hear as much about people going nuts about emulation and stuff as when it was new. It seemed to make playing the games fresh once again at a time, but now it is just old again and most have just moved on to newer systems and newer pc games.
 
I wouldn't worry too much if I was you. If i was taken to court I would have my lawyer force the judge to play 10 random Wii games out of my stack of 250. I'm sure after that the judge would probably make Nintendo pay me damages for pain and suffering.


As far as a friend who is a cop seeing copies laying around............


Wasn't Eaglesoft a bunch or Cops and Firemen from Chicago?

Eaglesoft being the top pirate group from back in the C64 days.
 
Jizmo said:
Wasn't Eaglesoft a bunch or Cops and Firemen from Chicago?

Eaglesoft being the top pirate group from back in the C64 days.

I believe you may be right there. And also, let's not forget that Strider/Fairlight (all bow to the great leader) is trying very hard to run the San Diego Republicans.
 
Jytach said:
Wiisel said:
so you can just download and stick any old mp3 on a stock ipod ?
wtf do people pay itunes for?

They pay for a fast download, better quality, and for the lulz.
Maybe for the lulz. The only reason I use iTunes is to get album art, which it is only good at doing like 1/2 of the time. I'm perfectly happy getting DRM-free FLAC albums at speeds close to 1 MB/s from certain places.
 
I only use ITunes as a transport mechanism. As much as I don't like ITunes, it IS like previously stated a good way to get your album art and such. If I could connect to my ITouch with Total Commander I would be a happy camper. I need ITunes to install my cracked .IPA packages too. I think the security of the IPhone/ITouch is the biggest joke to come around in a long time. Flash Firmware/replace a single file.
 
All I have to say is that the government doesn't give a shit what you are doing on the net. They have bigger fish to fry. So keep getting the games!!!!!
 
I've been caught pirating on torrents also.
If you live in the U.S and your ISP is Cox Communications, then watch out because they are issuing new rules and hunting down pirates.
 
QUOTE said:
I pirated like 6 wii games from the time I got my modchip. and like 20 DS games. I am kind of worried that I might get caught by the whoever. I live in the USA so it is illegal to mod the Wii. What are the chances of getting in trouble? I only pirate because MOST Wii games are shit and not worth the money. Is there any software I can download that will protect me either? I just straight up download the games....


If youre not ready to deal with the consequences then dont pirate. simple as that. I dont want to goto prison so i dont kill people but goddamn its hard
 
amptor said:
mcjones92 said:
I pirated like 6 wii games from the time I got my modchip. and like 20 DS games. I am kind of worried that I might get caught by the whoever. I live in the USA so it is illegal to mod the Wii. What are the chances of getting in trouble? I only pirate because MOST Wii games are shit and not worth the money. Is there any software I can download that will protect me either? I just straight up download the games....

generally nobody will find out unless you call someone and tell them heh. not like if you have a friend who is a police officer over seeing the dvdrs around they'll know what they are, since it is a pretty common household item these days. 6 wii and 20 ds isn't a lot, I think george bush or clinton I forgot which...allows you to have like under $5000 worth of pirated goods and you can't get punished.


isn't the white house sitting on about that much in pirated goods themselves
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computerboy said:
Man thats unlucky. just wanted to know about how many gb did you download in total (all games, apps, etc) before this

lol looked at my yearly quota of DL, its not pretty
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3590 gb LOLOLOL

opps
 
kytran said:
computerboy said:
Man thats unlucky. just wanted to know about how many gb did you download in total (all games, apps, etc) before this

lol looked at my yearly quota of DL, its not pretty
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3590 gb LOLOLOL

opps

i only get 600GB per year
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Dam you americans and your awesome broadband...
**canadians...
 
hehe
you have a limit?
so when you hit 600 , the internet stops?

hehe im still working on a few more things should be able to break to 3.7gb before new years... hopefully
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im sitting at home with a T3 = 45meg pipe
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