EA has been SUED 5 TIMES MERRY CHRISTMAS EA MUHAHA ARR!

[Saraswati]

Kyle and Ron are just the coolest pair of game designers on the face of the planet.. I heart Ron and Kyle.. (the 2d boy designers)

Neriana, you won't regret it for a minute.. you found the demo I assume?

[Devilfish]

Kyle and Ron are just the coolest pair of game designers on the face of the planet.. I heart Ron and Kyle.. (the 2d boy designers)

I haven't researched them, but let me guess: they're actually gamers and don't even own a suit?

[kenmtl]

I remember seeing the demo's for World of Goo. My inner 15 yr old was jumping up and down screaming, ZOMG COOLZ!!! Then it sorta forgot got lost in the fray of other stuff so I'm glad it was brought up again. Thanx for the reminder.

[Saraswati]

kenmtl, have you seen the stuff for Crayon Physics Deluxe yet? I already have mine preordered for whenever he gets it finished.. http://www.crayonphysics.com/ (I ordered it during November, when it was fifteen bucks US  )

Spot on Devilfish  .. This is Ron and Kyle.. http://2dboy.com/about.php

[Piratey]

Seems that EA really are in bed with paysites. I mean, never mind the people who SELL the "world's leading interactive entertainment software company's" intellectual property, let's go after the people who merely provide mediafiles links and actually make it work!

http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,13946.0.html

[Saraswati]

sigh...  every time I think they can't sink any lower, they prove me wrong. And if they want to sue someone for telling someone where something is, they could start with the massive financial paper in the US who openly mentioned "The Pirate Bay" in their paper.. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't something being in Malaysia mean it has to be served in person?

[neriana]

In the U.S., you can't sue someone for providing information. It's called the First Amendment. I think they're counting on 12s not understanding that.

[kenmtl]

When I saw that headline over on the site my first thought was "Oh, Walter woke up".

If you could sue someone for only linking or giving directions to something that is considered illegal somewhere, you'd have to just turn off the internet.

[SoggyFox]

Yet they can't sue the paysites who make money off of them?

[Devilfish]

Seems that EA really are in bed with paysites. I mean, never mind the people who SELL the "world's leading interactive entertainment software company's" intellectual property, let's go after the people who merely provide mediafiles links and actually make it work!

http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,13946.0.html

This is disgusting. So in one fell swoop they let us know they do in fact know what the community has to say, don't give a crap about our concerns, slobber all over TSR's interdick and get off on legal threats? It's been a long time since I was so angry at a faceless entity.

[Requip]

Seems that EA really are in bed with paysites. I mean, never mind the people who SELL the "world's leading interactive entertainment software company's" intellectual property, let's go after the people who merely provide mediafiles links and actually make it work!

http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,13946.0.html

  I'm sorry but I call major bullshit on that letter. I don't think it's from EA at all, someone is trying to pull one over on Pes.  (Good luck with that) 

[Missbonbon]

I call bullshit as well. Wouldn't they link the pages where the mediafile links were posted? It seems like that would make more sense, seeing as those links can be posted on multiple websites, and therefore cannot prove that MATY is the only website with those links, assuming they have stolen content on them. All they have, assuming the links are stolen content, are links to stolen content downloads. By that letter, they cannot prove those links were on MATY.

[giggy]

Also note down that the links don't work. Making EA failtards.

[Devilfish]

Seems that EA really are in bed with paysites. I mean, never mind the people who SELL the "world's leading interactive entertainment software company's" intellectual property, let's go after the people who merely provide mediafiles links and actually make it work!

http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,13946.0.html

  I'm sorry but I call major bullshit on that letter. I don't think it's from EA at all, someone is trying to pull one over on Pes.  (Good luck with that) 

Not necessarily. I don't know if it's common practice elsewhere, but here half of the legal goings on are bullshit letters with lots of legalese simply to scare people into doing something. They don't make sense, nobody can actually make those threats a reality and the legalese doesn't work, but they're written by lawyers who are on the payroll anyway and may as well use their law-fu to scare people into obeying. You'd be surprised how many people still panic when they see an official-looking letter with stern language from a lawyer.

Of course it could be major bullshit too. Who knows? Either way there's not much Pes can or should do is there?

[Pescado]

Either way, the letter fails to provide any information that is actionable in any way. Even if I wanted to do anything, they simply have not provided any information to do anything WITH.