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Update: Topware wins Dream Pinball 3D piracy case

article published on 19 August, 2008

Topware Interactive has announced they have won over £16,000 from a British woman who was accused of uploading and sharing a copy of Dream Pinball 3D on file-sharing networks. Three other alleged uploaders are still awaiting damages hearings. Now backed by this one victory, the company says it will go after thousands of other British citizens that are accused of sharing the game. "The ... [ read the full article ]

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13thHouR
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19. August 2008 @ 15:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
seems xp and vista both come with a 3d pinball game, i suspect they have made more money off of the court case, than actual sales.
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19. August 2008 @ 16:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
An abysmal 68% at GameRankings (a D+). Apparently the company is trying to recoup its dev costs by suing everyone who leaves it in their share folder.

What a suck ass game.
Ragnarok8
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19. August 2008 @ 19:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Is it even possible to win the "war" against piracy?
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19. August 2008 @ 20:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Damn, she should have pleaded insanity.

Originally posted by Ragnarok8:
Is it even possible to win the "war" against piracy?
haha we won that war a long time ago :p
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20. August 2008 @ 01:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yeah piracy won.
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20. August 2008 @ 11:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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Damn, she should have pleaded insanity.

Originally posted by Ragnarok8:
Is it even possible to win the "war" against piracy?
haha we won that war a long time ago :p
I don't know about that. These record companies are slowing starting to chip away at this so call victory. And with it, they are starting to take our "internet freedoms and rights". We need to be careful, at least a little bit.

Also, the general consumer is the loser with all of the extra DRM and related products that now are created and added to devices and media.
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domie
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20. August 2008 @ 18:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by 13thHouR:
seems xp and vista both come with a 3d pinball game, i suspect they have made more money off of the court case, than actual sales.
i've never seen it on Vista ( thank goodness )
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