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GameSpy Sends DMCA-Based C&D To Security Researcher

Posted by timothy on from the these-so-called-bugs dept.

chowbok writes "Luigi Auriemma has found several security holes GameSpy software over the past few months. He has reported them all to GameSpy but never got a response... until today, when he got a threatening letter from their lawyers. It says he's violating the DMCA, he needs to cease-and-desist, yadda yadda yadda." Update: 11/12 21:09 GMT by S : GameSpy has now posted an official response from the company's founder, Mark Surfas.

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  1. Re:What a dipshit by ymgve · · Score: 0, Troll

    If a game company is threatened by having their key check algorithms posted somewhere, they deserve what they get. Any game company worth their salt knows that CD keys should be generated through a good RNG, not some pseudo-random algorithm.

  2. Re:What a dipshit by Obiwan+Kenobi · · Score: 1, Troll

    You know, I had an ounce of respect for the guy when I read your comment, but lets face it, anyone who ends their letters in "BYEZ" needs to get a bit more maturity before I can get behind their cause.

    If he runs a bash script to tie up game servers he's just an asshole, not a martyr.