NEWS: WE CAN HAZ LEGAL THREATS?
eevilcat:
Quote from: witch on 2008 December 15, 10:48:10
I don't get why they're only after Mediafire, do you think they don't know about any other file hosting sites?
Perhaps the country that Mediafire is located in has more easily enforcable copyright laws thus making them an easier target.
jolrei:
Quote from: rohina on 2008 December 14, 21:48:29
I ask because evil people might be tempted to put up a link saying: Here's some great EA store stuff, and then link to mediafryer with an "image" file that said something like "these are not the droids you are looking for". Falor, no doubt would tell me that that was illegal, since he maintains that as a US citizen it is illegal to smoke pot in Amsterdam.
Falor is correct, at least insofar as the US has this rather endearing view that its laws and jurisdiction extend to other people's countries. Thus, if a crime is perpetrated against a US citizen or company in another country, the US still feels justified in prosecuting the crime under US law, even if the "crime" in question is not illegal in the other country. Take travel to Cuba, for example. I believe the US prosecuted USians for travelling to Cuba, even if they had dual citizenship and used their non-US passport and a non-US airline to travel there, and there was no law against travelling to Cuba from, say, the Empire.
Anyway, I think the correct response to EA's lawlyer in the current instance would be simply to smile and wave.
Khan of Wyrms:
Quote from: eevilcat on 2008 December 15, 11:28:00
Quote from: witch on 2008 December 15, 10:48:10
I don't get why they're only after Mediafire, do you think they don't know about any other file hosting sites?
Perhaps the country that Mediafire is located in has more easily enforcable copyright laws thus making them an easier target.
It is probably because Mediafire allows users to upload files anonymously, if desired.
cwykes:
Gamecopyworld have this great disclaimer on the front page - maybe whoever is putting up or linking to these fixed items should explain that they are putting up fixed items as a public service for those who bought the glitchy stuff from EA in good faith and tell people not to download unless they already have a copy. ........
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wes_h:
This is a very troubling trend, the confusion of information and pointers to information. Yes, pointers is a geeky programmer concept, but the address of a brothel can be public information while the brothel remains a private residence for ladies and generous gentlemen. When trouble happens, you don;t eliminate the address, you close the brothel.
Here the concept of requiring links to child pornography be removed is attempting to be extended to links to examples of copyright violation. While you can make an argument that there is an overriding social purpose for obliterating mere references to child pornography, you cannot make the same argument in what is a property rights issue. But it appears that EA would like to do so.
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