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Bungie Speaks On Halo 2 Leak
BlueMoon writes "A moderator on the official Halo 2 forums posted some speculations and warnings about the Halo 2 leak. To the question where the leak originated he answered "is almost positively the work of some jerk in the manufacturing plant who pocketed the game". They also send out a warning that posting any kind of information about leak will result in "having your XBox Live account's ability to play Halo 2 crippled as we can and we will ban your gamertags from access to vital parts of Halo 2's online experience"." TalkXbox has a repost of an official statement asking community members to assist in the capture of the folks who leaked the game.
They also send out a warning that posting any kind of information about leak will result in "having your XBox Live account's ability to play Halo 2 crippled as we can and we will ban your gamertags from access to vital parts of Halo 2's online experience"."
Could someone please explain how they could do this to someone who talked about the leak? I guess I don't understand the connection between an XBox Live account, what gamertags are, and if they mean talking about it on Bungie Forums only.
You've never read a Bungie post before, have you? They've always been just barely serious, dating back to the Marathon days.
Their post is more about keeping information about the leak off of their OWN BOARDS. In fact, if you actually read the post they almost come off more concerned about screenshot spoilers. Not that they aren't concerned about piracy, etc., but that is always a problem. They just didn't expect the spoiler problem since normally for software the leak doesn't happen until everyone who wants to could purchase it.
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Well, technically, grabbing a CD off the assembly line is worse, because there is physical theft involved. But according to the wonderful US system, if you get it from a P2P network, you are contributing to others infringement, and should thus pay for every crime they have committed as well. Expect the death penalty.
I for one, welcome our early-release-toting, dodge-the-death-penalty Halo 2 overlords.
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Those that steal it now...probably wouldn't have bought it anyways.
.au format, just so I could hear it early. I still bought the album when it came out. This was before Napster or mp3s were around.
Actually, my guess is that lots people want to download it because it's cool and they can. Many will still buy it when it's available so they can do the online stuff. It's funny that they hype it so hard and are then surprised when people want to get it ASAP.
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A mod chip is NOT needed. You can use a free software exploit to mod your Xbox without spending a dime. Furthermore, you can use a modded Xbox for things other than pirating Xbox games. I use my modded Xbox with Xbox Media Center, which turns it into a super DVD player capable of playing almost any digital media format: DVD, CD, divx, xvid, mp3, etc.
I personally don't care for most Xbox games. I only own around 4 games.