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Online payment company PayPal has begun cutting off accounts connected to Usenet services. Usenet is an older form of the file-sharing sites that are now common on the internet. They are generally restricted to members and can be accessed in a number of ways aside from standard web browsers. They …
Read More »Japan finally bans the R4 DS piracy device
A case of closing the stable doors after the horse has bolted? Kotaku reports via a translation from a Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry that the country has finally banned the notorious R4 device, famed for its DS piracy uses. The R4 allows users to store and run …
Read More »Football Manager vs the pirates
FM 2013 is Sports Interactive’s most ambitious game yet. And if it can stay piracy-free for a few weeks, next year’s title will be even greater. MCV discusses the game’s future with studio boss Miles Jacobson. You’ve introduced a cut-down ‘classic mode’ to this year’s Football Manager. Why do that? …
Read More »Reports emerge of Origin account hijacks
A number of EA Origin users have reportedly had their accounts compromised. One Eurogamer writer claims to have received an email from EA saying that his account’s password or email address or both have successfully been changed – a request that was never made. There are also reports that consumers …
Read More »Sony smacks PS3 pirates with PSN bans
Consumers who use the new PS3 lv0 bootloader key to play games illegally online are being banned from PSN. Unauthorised software for the PlayStation 3 system was recently released by hackers,” a Sony statement reads. Use of such software violates the terms of the ‘System Software License Agreement for the …
Read More »SI: Preventing piracy enabled us to hire 17 devs
New security measures enabled Football Manager dev to stop illegal file sharing for two weeks
Read More »Sports Interactive: Preventing piracy helped us hire 17 new developers
Football Manager 2013 had more staff than ever working on it… because last year’s version was piracy free for two weeks. Football Manager 2012 sold better during its opening week because new security measures meant it took hackers a little longer to crack the game. Developer Sports Interactive and publisher …
Read More »Hackers turn on Kim Dotcom and his new Mega portal
Kim Dotcom’s return to online file-sharing may prove to be an even rougher ride than he expected. A group of hackers have taken control of Dotcom’s new domain, Me.ga, telling TorrentFreak that: Kim Dotcom is not better nor worse than Universal. He himself is an industry, only here to pollute.” …
Read More »Kim Dotcom officially unveils Megaupload successor Mega
The successor to now shut file-sharing site Megaupload has been revealed by controversial figure Kim Dotcom. Dotcom previosuly outlined how he intends for his new site to avoid the legal wranglings that lead to Meagupload’s closure, and now he says the new site will go live on January 20th – …
Read More »‘Broke’ Hotline Miami dev offers helping hand to pirates
The creator of the superb indie hit Hotline Miami has offered technical support to those who pirate his game. I don’t really want people to pirate Hotline Miami, but I understand if they do,” Jonatan Soderstrom said on Twitter. I’ve been broke the last couple of months. It sucks. Yet …
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