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- DestroyFascism, on 09/20/2008, -22/+220***** you !
You sold me a broken disk I could not get replaced asshats! Where else could I get a new DVD image from? You bastards made me a criminal by not respecting consumer law and having the store brand me as a Criminal pirate (Slandering me) who "copied" the DVD only to return it.Why would I do that and risk my $110 AU investment? It didn't work! It would not load properly with damaged data! I emailed you 20 times, called you 3 times. You ignored me! ***** you! ***** all of you ignorant pricks! - seavers, on 09/20/2008, -12/+101Activision is the new EA.
- Phoenix219, on 09/22/2008, -9/+74Great now I'm gonna have to add Activision to the long list of ***** you's.
- inactive, on 09/22/2008, -0/+56Gamepolitics.com also covered this story with a similar contention. According to a rep from the law firm representing Activision, who contacted Gamepolitics.com, the suits were not related to file sharing.
http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/09/19/update-acti ... - sindex, on 09/22/2008, -0/+50I sense a kind of general discontent with Activision in your comment. I encourage you to let your feelings be known. Please share with the group. Don't hold back.
- skabyss, on 09/22/2008, -1/+45MITCH!! UNLEASH THE FURY!!!!!
- inactive, on 09/22/2008, -4/+46***** Activision, over here in Romania EA games are the same price as in the US, while Activision games cost almost double. For example, CoD4 (PC) still costs, one year after release, 80-90 dollars, while in the US it's $50 max. And then they complain about piracy...
Personally I'm against piracy and I buy all my games, but overcharging your customers and then suing pirates is not the way to do business. It's pure greed. - skabyss, on 09/22/2008, -13/+46YO HO YO HO A PIRATE'S LIFE FOR ME
- welestgw, on 09/22/2008, -3/+28However, they do accept exchanges for the same title.
- reaper527, on 09/22/2008, -1/+22old news, and inaccurate. buried
http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/09/19/update-acti ... - inactive, on 09/22/2008, -4/+24Here we...go.
I'm all for going after the big time pirates, but I think this will become the usual granny lawsuits that we saw with the RIAA. These companies are always too afraid to go after the real criminals, as a result the consumer will get bit. - soccermatt34, on 09/22/2008, -4/+24Follow the path of the RIAA...that will surely work!
- shredswithpiks, on 09/22/2008, -0/+19^ that's not entirely correct. Many retailers will exchange a defective game for a new copy of the same game for consoles. For PC games this is not the case since each boxed copy has a different CD key... if the retail store is exchanging those games it's because the store doesn't know the policy well enough.
It's only happened to me once, personally, but Target directed me to the game publisher's customer service. - Carl306, on 09/22/2008, -3/+21I don't understand why people get so worked up over a company trying to protect their product. For those of you who are saying you are pissed off that you have to buy it in order to play it, it's just ignorant. If you like the game, buy it if you feel it isn't overpriced, and hopefully whichever company you buy from will make more games which you deem the same caliber. If you don't like the game, then obviously don't buy it. But for those of you who are complaining that the games suck and you don't want to pay for it, then why pirate it in the first place if it's so horrible?
- CColtManM, on 09/22/2008, -4/+22If you opened the box and the disc was broken, you should have returned it to the store. They would have given you a new one.
I don't think you will be found guilty if you have a reciept of purchase and a legit key.
Also, who do you think you are John Malchovich? (Anyone who has seen Burn After Reading will get this) - theberlindoctor, on 09/22/2008, -2/+19This will not be over quickly. You will not enjoy this.
- NJPENSO, on 09/22/2008, -2/+18Activision has every right to do this, whats all your pathetic excuses this time? They make quality games as far as I'm concerned and with little to no DRM, and they're only trying to protect their products. If you're doing illegal ***** don't be surprised when someone wants to call you out on it.
- i4mt3hwin, on 09/22/2008, -0/+16Buried. Game Politics issued an update saying that Activison never sued anyone for purely filesharing but redistributing the copied games. In my mind anyone who profits on someone's creation deserves to be sued.
- silenceissexy, on 09/22/2008, -0/+16I know where you can get that new copy from, and the price is just right . . .
- nytejade, on 09/22/2008, -0/+15Don't copy that floppy.
- inactive, on 09/22/2008, -1/+16DRM is never better.
- dha07030, on 09/22/2008, -1/+15Wouldn't that be the retailers problem?
- AttackGypsy, on 09/22/2008, -0/+14They burned CD's and sold them as authentic. They weren't filesharing.
Dugg down for inaccuracy of the original article. - derpoopflinger, on 09/22/2008, -5/+19wow, here's a solid plan, STOP BEING CHEAP AND PAY FOR YOUR STUFF
- Murdats, on 09/22/2008, -0/+13I was just about to post that very link, and yes, this story is inaccurate.
- ElGanyan, on 09/22/2008, -2/+15I live in Spain. I've had my eye on CoD4 for a while now and really enjoyed it on my friends PC. I decided to check out the price and see if it had dropped at all since it's been out for a while. It's currently 75 ***** euros (that's $110 USD)! And they wonder why people pirate?!
- Chahrlie5, on 09/22/2008, -0/+12How can you boycott something you never even paid for in the first place?
either way their net profit from you still equals zero. - cli006, on 09/22/2008, -6/+18I respect what Activision is trying to do but this will simply piss off fans and gamers instead.
- Caligatio, on 09/22/2008, -0/+12I like how nothing in the stories referenced fie-sharing (other than the titles) yet everyone assumed they were suing file-sharers.
READ BEFORE MAKING ASSUMPTIONS
To quote "It is unknown whether the copyright violations occurred in the course of file sharing, or whether there was some more complex mechanism afoot." - stealth658, on 09/22/2008, -1/+12"over here in Romania EA games are the same price as in the US, while Activision games cost almost double"
- frepnog, on 09/22/2008, -4/+15but they will exchange a defective game for a new copy.
you fail. - Kenzan, on 09/22/2008, -3/+13Let's see:
$59.99 for valid copy of COD4,
or risk $50,000.000 or whatever insane amount Activision wants in fines garnered by a vindictive lawsuit.
I'll take the $59.99.
Some headaches I don't need. - shagg187, on 09/22/2008, -1/+10Activision: Our UAV is Online!
Pirate: Enemy UAV is Online!! - FallenTurtles, on 09/22/2008, -0/+9Heh heh, your intelligent rage is refreshingly fun to read.
- DanBoodro, on 09/22/2008, -1/+10Buy through Steam!
- jiicorp, on 09/22/2008, -0/+8Court filings uncovered by the European news organization allege that New Yorker James R. Strickland has "violated Plaintiff's exclusive rights of reproduction and distribution" by illicitly copying and distributing Activision's titles -- an act that the firm characterizes as "willful and intentional."
It seems that the Defendant was selling copies of the games. Doesn't it?? - FeloniusMonkey, on 09/22/2008, -0/+8...and if you're too cheap to pay for your stuff, try not to get caught stealing.
- inactive, on 09/22/2008, -0/+8Good Luck, I'm behind 7 proxies!
- Smeed, on 09/22/2008, -1/+8Their big games are worth the price. I dont condone their methods but I think they are justified when they go after file sharers who are too damn cheap to drop the 40 or 50 bucks for one of the best games that have been released in the last few years.
I know everyone on digg is all pro file sharing, but how the ***** do you expect these people to make money? Its not like they've been pushing shovel ware bug ridden ***** or are charging twice what the game is worth (at least in the US anyway). - minoss, on 09/22/2008, -0/+7I'd be interested to see who they are targeting. The number of suits is very small. It doesn't seem to be the thousands of blanket suits given to anyone using bittorrent ala RIAA. If they're going after the originators of these releases then I don't see much of a problem.
- FallenTurtles, on 09/22/2008, -0/+7I can't afford a BMW. It doesn't mean I get to acquire one without paying for it just because I'm sad that I can't afford something.
If you want to attack Activision, attack it for overpriced games -- not for protecting its interests. Don't use your financial status as a justification for stealing something that is undeniably and entirely a luxury item. - djholybolt, on 09/22/2008, -0/+7You asshat.
- Asianwaste, on 09/22/2008, -0/+7One: this is a console game, so anyone with a bad copy can easily return it with a receipt straight be to the retailer.
Two: Activision is targeting the distributors and not those that take from the distributors. I'm not for piracy and at the same time I'm not against companies suing distributors of pirated copies. However, what I am against is how record companies were "making examples" of downloaders when really the best tactic is to simply kill the source. - GreyICE, on 09/22/2008, -0/+7Let me call a big ***** "yeah right" on this *****.
- derpoopflinger, on 09/22/2008, -2/+8thus proving you are a giant retard, stop being a dumbass and pay for something for a change
- skabyss, on 09/22/2008, -4/+10Enjoy buried, ass.
- reed311, on 09/22/2008, -1/+7All games come with a manufacturers warranty. Usually 30-90 days. If your disc came broken, they will replace it for free.
Don't play dumb. The vast majority of people aren't sharing these games because their discs are broke. Otherwise, these games wouldn't come with cd key generators, which you don't need if you actually purchased the game. - ProjectGSX, on 09/22/2008, -0/+6Glad to see someone got this posted early. Burried as inaccurate.
- bigsteve, on 09/22/2008, -2/+8As a former retail employee, past the 30 day return policy, most will turn you away even though the EULA of some software products will tell you to bring it to the place you bought it from. Sounds to me like something the companies should have negotiated before the retailer stocked the shelves with the publisher's product.
But, in pretty much every reasonable case I've ever heard of or been a part of, contacting the publisher about a defective disk usually leads to a very prompt and reasonable handling of the situation, like a new disk overnighted with a return label for the old one, etc.
The gentleman above with all the swearwords doesn't appear to reside in my country so YMMV. - inactive, on 09/22/2008, -0/+6ITT: Idiots who don't understand how capitalism, law enforcement and litigation work.
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