Witcher 2 devs suing pirates, claim to be sure who downloaded illegally

rofl i would so counter that letter in court.. sorry your highness the game was just there to download it, couldnt resist clicking it. I wasl ooking for minesweeper b ut it was witcher 2... so sad

"We’re addressing only 100% confirmed piracy causes that are 100% possible to prove"
Yeah, cause if they sent a letter to the wrong person they would just say they downloaded it even if the person has never even heard of the game.

Most likely it would cost you a lot more to fight it in court so most people just pay even if they didn't download it. No tracing technique will work 100% ever heard of open WI-FI or just brute force a WEP or WPA AP key. I laugh at the 100% HAHAHAHA

"We’re addressing only 100% confirmed piracy causes that are 100% possible to prove"
Yeah, cause if they sent a letter to the wrong person they would just say they downloaded it even if the person has never even heard of the game.

Sounds like your sweating. I say go for it, I wouldn't mind. Simply put, if your not paying for it your stealing!

How would they go about making 100% certain they actually pirated the game?

What with botnets, spyware, viruses, unsecured wireless networks ect? Unless they found you in possesion of a clearly labled hard copy i guess?

What about the people that get this letter that haven't downloaded the game but can't afford to fight it in court so they just send the money. So who's stealing from who????

A far justice system is where everyone gets a far go not just the rich.

What is illegal, downloading the game or using it without paying for it?
People can download the game and never use it, is that illegal?
If someone download the game then give me a copy is it illegal since I didn't download it?

This is a good example of why developers avoid makeing games native to the PC anymore. They are so easily pirated, and the company makes no profit from console sales. It is a shame...

*sigh* More console ports...

They need to come up with a way to tie a copy of the game with with the purchasers credit card. If their copy hits the torrent sites, they get billed for every copy downloaded.

They need to go after the people that put up the torrent.

"We are not worried about tracking the wrong people. As this is the trade secret of the company working on this"

So the Pollocks enlisted the help of the CIA? Seriously though, if there is anything that is 100% certain, it is that nothing is 100% certain. Even fingerprint matches aren't 100%, as there is ALWAYS some degree of error.

I guess to be 100% sure they must have gone to the people's homes and watched them clicked the download button on TPB? Then waited for it to finish download and install and then play the game?

They're suing pirates? They are 100% sure!? Im gonna go download it now! Oh, my grandma doesn't have internets, she lives in a plastic enforced cardboard box, yeah, there goes social security for you. She better not get a letter in the mail about pirating anything. The library here won't let you save anything to the HDD and it would take too long, they'd notice.

they claim it's a trade secret, $10 says SOMEONE at torrentfreak knows said secret and is potentially being paid to not leak this information? Other than shoulder surfing how can they be 100% with all the precautions people take these days..

for example a seedbox, who gets in trouble in that regard? sounds like we've got a real "witch hunt" on our hands *puts on sunglasses* yeaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh

hello ...

it isn't certain they can have 100% of illegal owners, with all the variables that exists, yet i would recommend great care for those who do not wish some sanctions, it has begun & soon enough people will see that it is still possible to catch a lot of wrongdoers online & even if they do catch 1 over 1 Million, this 1 would be 100% guilty.

cheers!

And this is why I don't torrent! RS and MU ftw

I guess this is how the Polish justice system works. A kangaroo court.

Judge says "Defendant, the claimant is 100% sure. Therefore you are guilty as charged."

Nonsense. Is this fellow mentally all there?

You're funny, because WIFI has Z-E-R-O to do with this you silly kid. They don't even trace, they just grab your IP address and contact your ISP. You better start saving some money son....wink, wink.

I love all the people that talk like they understand the technical aspect of the tracing method in question. 99% of you people don't know what an IRQ is.

My guess at how this 100% proof system works is that they compare an IP of a downloaded copy of the game, with an IP of an active player IN the game.

Thus, if someone has been logged on a public tracker downloading the game and later playing it, they have 100% proof.

So yes, that kind of system would bypass those that use public wifi networks and so on.