The Witcher 2 Contains Secret Sauce To 'Catch 100% Of Pirates'

[Athlonite]

notice sofar it's only Germany that's been hit with these letters I don't think they could get away with it in any other country without disclosing how it's being done

whether it be DRM or IP traking or some spybot/trojen in the game itself

 

[qubit]

Well it is ungrounded. They say they want money from people that have not downloaded the game and have no single source to back it up other than it usually happens in other cases.

Look you, I'm busy with my 2011 tech article! It's a really big one and it takes a lot of time and effort to write. Damn, I need to eat dinner at some point... Why is writing for TPU so compelling?

notice sofar it's only Germany that's been hit with these letters I don't think they could get away with it in any other country without disclosing how it's being done

whether it be DRM or IP traking or some spybot/trojen in the game itself

Yup, you're right. I can imagine a place like Spain, where they have much saner copyright laws would take a dim view of this.

 

[Wile E]

I figured it wasn't any form of software installed on our computers.

 

[qubit]

I figured it wasn't any form of software installed on our computers.

Ok, I'll bite, so how do they do it? Make it good and convincing. This one I've gotta see.

 

[Frick]

Ok, I'll bite, so how do they do it? Make it good and convincing. This one I've gotta see.

I think he used the phrase as "I knew they didn't do it like that" rather than "I figured out how they do it". But yeah it kinda came out of the blue.

It's still impossible to say anything about it without more information.

 

[Wile E]

I was referring to the torrentfreak link. It said innocent people are getting letters. That tells me they are just tracking IPs again, and that no super secret spyware is involved.

AKA: They are absolutely full of shit when they claim 100% accuracy.

 

[Frick]

I was referring to the torrentfreak link. It said innocent people are getting letters. That tells me they are just tracking IPs again, and that no super secret spyware is involved.

AKA: They are absolutely full of shit when they claim 100% accuracy.

It said innocent people might get letters.

 

[Wile E]

Then I misread it, and we are back to where we started.

I still say it's IP tracking. Makes more sense.

 

[OOZMAN]

Haven't read the whole thread, just illegally downloaded this game. So I'm going to jail?

 

[Frick]

Haven't read the whole thread, just illegally downloaded this game. So I'm going to jail?

Appeantly you didn't read the first post either.

 

[Athlonite]

Haven't read the whole thread, just illegally downloaded this game. So I'm going to jail?

No your not, you'll just get a nice little scam letter asking you to pay some bogus bill or get taken to court

if I were you I'd ask for the proof and how they came by it

then come here and tell all of us so we know and the pointless back and forth can finally be put to rest

 

[Frick]

Yeah it's totally a scam if he/she did download it illegaly. I never pay speed tickets either, it's all a scam man.

 

[Athlonite]

it is if they can't or wont provide the proof that lead them to accusing you

at least with a speeding ticket you can get proof it was you which is provided on request

 

[Wile E]

it is if they can't or wont provide the proof that lead them to accusing you

at least with a speeding ticket you can get proof it was you which is provided on request

But what if they do provide proof?

 

[qubit]

But what if they do provide proof?

That would be interesting. In the meantime they're blowing hot air.

 

[Wile E]

I think so too. But it is a possibility, regardless of how slim.

What then?

 

[qubit]

Let's cross that bridge when we come to it.

 

[xenocide]

They already admitted they were back to IP Tracking. They just claim to be doing it "more effectively" than others, which still isn't true. RPS had a pretty amazing article explaining the whole situation. CD Projekt have nobody to blame but themselves if their game didn't sell well. Skyrim is a similar genre, and had no problems making money on the PC platform.

 

[Wile E]

It's more fun to cross it now.

 

[OOZMAN]

Appeantly you didn't read the first post either.

Ahhhh.. I did..

Don't quite understand the point you're trying to get across.

 

[EnergyFX]

i've lived in a house with 8 people, and the net was under my name.

so if they went to hunt down that one pirate, guess who got the blame?


this whole argument of "everyone who disagrees is a pirate" is just stupid. grow up and get off your moral high horse.

Then you would be a victim of who you choose to associate with. If you aren't the pirate then I would hope you would be able to defend yourself out of it... really I do. But if it's your network then it is also your responsibility to lay down some rules.

I never said "everyone who disagrees must be a pirate". That is actually quite a stretch from my words. I said one can't help but deduce that people getting so upset over this seem to be worried about something. Disagreeing is one thing. Getting all riled up is very different. Saying "everyone who disagrees must be a pirate" would be a stupid generalization.

And you telling me to grow up is probably the most immature comment I've ever heard from you (and a moderator no less? wtf?) :shadedshu I've actually had quite a bit of respect for you up until now. As far as this matter is concerned, a 'grown up' is one that knows stealing is illegal and wrong. A 'responsible grown up' is one that not only knows stealing is illegal and wrong but also takes measures to ensure such activities aren't performed on a network he is ultimately responsible for.

As for my moral high horse... nope, I'll sit here and exercise my right to spew opinion no different than you, the OP, and numerous others sit on your morally questionable (insert creature of choice here) and spew your opinion in opposition.

Disclaimer: I toe the line of hipocracy here. I used to download all sorts of crap. I guess I 'grew up' one day and decided to stop being a douchebag pirate.