CD Projekt Punishing Illegal Downloaders
The Witcher 2 publisher, CD Projekt, is hoping to protect their game from illegal downloading by threatening potential pirates with legal action.
Recently, CD Projekt announced that The Witcher 2 will be released through retail, Steam, and their own GOG.com digital store, where it will be available completely DRM-free, thereby making it an easy target for pirates.
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those who illegally download The Witcher 2 via torrents should know
that they could very easily face fines. Marcin Iwiński, CD Projekt
co-founder, spoke on the subject: "Of course we're not happy when
people are pirating our games, so we are signing with legal firms and
torrent sneaking companies," he explained. "In quite a few big
countries, when people are downloading it illegally they can expect a
letter from a legal firm saying, ‘Hey, you downloaded it illegally and
right now you have to pay a fine.’"
While
most game publishers fight piracy by legal action against torrent sites
or other data hosts and through heavy use of DRM, the method of going
after the end-users directly has mostly been reserved for the music and
movie industries.
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5 comments so far...
IvanM, 2 years ago
This game will be so cool, so i really dont see why anyone would download the pirate version, especially after they said that with alot of DLC they will try to keep it alive for long run
Adriatic_Rage, 2 years ago
Because some people can't afford original games?
IvanM, 2 years ago
Well Development of the game takes few years to be done. If you like the game, i don't see any reason why you wouldn't buy it. Some people can't afford game, but some people can't afford car too. Does it make them steal the car at all ?
linkme, 2 years ago
is the game online or what?
inFamous, last year
finally,all developers should start using this.
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