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CD Projekt Red suing Witcher 2 pirates
by Steve Watts, Dec 15, 2011 5:00pm PSTDeveloper CD Projekt Red is taking legal action against alleged pirates of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. A report states that lawyers representing the company are claiming 911.80 euros (roughly $1,187) from users who have downloaded the game using torrents.
In a statement, the company rejects DRM as "a pain for legal gamers," but says that "shouldn't be confused with us giving a green light to piracy."
TorrentFreak reported on the legal action last week, and claimed that CD Projekt could be wrongfully accusing some users since the action is based on IP addresses. The company has since confirmed the suit to Gamasutra and issued a statement. While CD Projekt Red didn't confirm the monetary figure, it did talk about its reasoning behind the action.
"We will never approve of it, since it doesn't only affect us but has a negative impact on the whole game industry," the statement continues. "We've seen some of the concern online about our efforts to thwart piracy, and we can assure you that we only take legal actions against users who we are 100 percent sure have downloaded our game illegally."
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CD Projekt Red is taking legal action against pirates of The Witcher 2, and says it is only pursuing in cases that they are "100 percent sure" of piracy.
CD Projekt Red is taking legal action against pirates of The Witcher 2, and says it is only pursuing in cases that they are "100 percent sure" of piracy. : Shacknews
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Anti-piracy crap makes me chuckle. If someone finishes a game and gives it to me, no problem, even though I haven't paid the developer for their work. Someone uploads the game they've bought to the internet for others to play, oh no! Serious moral line CROSSED (somehow)! I guess devs would be fine with one single copy being passed around multiple times, with none of those players buying the game, but they're not fine with said copy being split into multiple places at once. It seems silly what's considered wrong and right when it comes to digital things.
I suppose I should be glad I like to have the real thing when it comes to entertainment because I like to collect things, otherwise I might be a ravenous pirate! :D
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