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1  The Pirate Ship / ARR! / Re: TSR: In Ur Accounts, Deletin Ur Stuffs! on: 2009 November 30, 21:52:10
I'm reading Coconut's latest post, and thinking TSR were plainly trying to feed Coconut false and contradictory information - that EA is at fault, and that they have "far worse" info on hand. They believe these claims are exactly what people want to hear. And I think they're going to keep spreading this internal disinformation if when another of these scandals pops up. Of course, what they haven't denied so far is much more damning than what they have and it's too late for them to revise their version of events.
2  The Pirate Ship / ARR! / Re: TSR: In Ur Accounts, Deletin Ur Stuffs! on: 2009 November 30, 14:24:18
Oh and guess what, they are talking to lawyers about this.  Roll Eyes

Obviously, so they can sue Atwa. Roll Eyes Well, she was the one who allegedly claimed the info came from Thomas in the first place. And at least they're going to be able to track HER down.
3  The Pirate Ship / ARR! / Re: TSR: In Ur Accounts, Deletin Ur Stuffs! on: 2009 November 29, 12:21:28
If this is a provable leak (and I can't see how this information could have been obtained any other way than from TSR) somebody definitely needs to file a complaint with the Swedish authorities. They simply can't continue to operate with impunity.

I think this is the relevant site: http://www.datainspektionen.se/om-oss/arbetssatt/klagomal/ (English translation)
4  The Pirate Ship / ARR! / Re: TSR: IN UR COMPUTER, VIRUSIN' UR FILES! on: 2009 October 03, 10:49:57
Clearly, TSR is a beacon of transparency and accountability that PMBD must strive to emulate, if we wish to have as much credibility as they.
5  The Pirate Ship / ARR! / Re: TSR: IN UR COMPUTER, VIRUSIN' UR FILES! on: 2009 September 28, 15:45:50
Lovely. Who does TSR think they are, soliciting donations when they are a "professional" business? I at least hope those programmers are being paid a fair wage.
6  The Pirate Ship / ARR! / Re: TSR: In Ur Accounts, Deletin Ur Stuffs! on: 2009 September 18, 03:36:10
And as I understood it from my chats with someone, basically that is as far as it goes.   Wes has simply shifted his licences a small way in order to make life easier for the modding community.   I guess Thomas may have said something like "We have Wes on-board" and coconut's source failed to appreciate this was another one of Thomas's exaggerated over-grandiose statements that simply meant Wes and his plugins licence are "no longer an obstacle"

Right. It doesn't even seem like he's changed his licence, if all he's contributed is "research" on file formats and not code and TSR is blowing its own horn again.

However, there's still that roundabout hint that because s3ac has ditched Wes's share-alike licence, even if you are transferring data from s3ac to Wes's plugins the more permissive (and pay-friendly) license applies. I'm not very comforted by that news. It seems to subvert the point of having a license that prevents "commercial and diva usage" in the first place.
7  The Pirate Ship / ARR! / Re: Your Ugliest Paysite Creation Find: Round Two. on: 2009 September 12, 08:00:20
Cardboard levitating brimless hat!
8  The Pirate Ship / ARR! / Re: This is ridiculous! on: 2009 August 20, 21:23:45
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However, the most interesting works are placed only for the registered subscribers.
Understand us correctly, we squander time, forces and money in order that you could enjoy good skins and objects in a game.
A traffic which appears as a result of download of skins and objects costs large money.
Be therefore adequate and not write spiteful letters to us.
Better play in The Sims or do some interesting work which you will be able to place on a site (write to the administrator and he with pleasure will give possibility of permanent authorship to you).
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They make it sound like a bloody war effort. Which, I admit, is a good angle for paysites to advertise themselves on.
9  The Pirate Ship / ARR! / Re: Oh EA, you money-greedy bastards. ): on: 2009 August 18, 04:07:15
I'm not a contract lawyer. However, I think that if EA doesn't even attempt to enforce its EULA, then the EULA is null and void in its entirety. EA's agents are running about explicitly helping entities which break the EULA. Therefore the contract is completely and entirely worthless. Go ahead and "pirate" the game. Reverse engineer it too. That EULA you click on agreeing not to do these things has been voided by EA.

TSR's bottom line is more important to EA's moderators than EA's is. I find that rather interesting. I wonder what EA's lawyers would think.

Not that you're completely wrong but I just want to point out that contracts and licenses are very different beasts. Agreeing to a EULA isn't the same as signing a binding contract. If it was a contract EA could SUE you if they discovered you were using a crack or something and they obviously can't.

A license is more like a right to use something on particular terms.

Particularly, where I agree with you, the TS3 EULA assigns all IP rights to EA at part 2(A). EVERYTHING inside the game belongs to them, presumably including file formats and content adapted to work in the game. Which is why it continues to boggle me that they would support people that openly breach these terms. It's like a movie studio supporting pirate DVD makers. Utterly nonsensical.
10  The Pirate Ship / ARR! / Re: TSR: IN UR COMPUTER, VIRUSIN' UR FILES! on: 2009 August 17, 15:41:15
But that's also the excuse used by the KiSS site I was at a lot too.

You mean OtakuWorld? (I can't think of any other big KiSS sites, obscure enough as it is.) I remember when they started charging ages ago, and of course, I was too young to pay. Lost interest in that hobby pretty quickly.
11  The Pirate Ship / ARR! / Re: Ea makes statement March 2 making paysites ok? on: 2009 March 28, 11:06:00
What about the "non-commercial use" and "Commercial use of this Software is prohibited" restrictions in Part 1A?
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