GTA: San Andreas Leaked

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Posted by michael on Thursday October 21, 2004 @12:47AM from the abbie-hoffman dept.

Anonymous Coward cuts-and-pastes: "Less than a week after a pirated version of Halo 2 began appearing on the Web, another of the year's most sought after games has been stolen. Ironically, it also happens to be a game titled after a larcenous act itself. That's right. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has become the latest victim of piracy, with illegal copies of the game, its manual, and its cover appearing on various Web sites." Update: 10/21 13:54 GMT by Z : Rockstar adds some details to what we know about the crime in a press release covered by CVG.

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It's like a free ride when you've already paid. by garcia · 2004-10-21 00:48 · Score: 5, Funny

"Downloading, possession and distribution of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, including making the game available on the internet, is theft." Then came this warning from the company: "We take the theft of our intellectual property very seriously and we are and will continue to diligently and aggressively pursue this matter."

I take the virtual theft of guns, money, sex with hookers, cars, and other people's lives very seriously and I will continue to diligently and aggressively pursue this matter once I get my hands on the game.

Yet another news article that continues the bombardment of the uninformed public trying to change the definition of words to fit their needs.
1. Re:It's like a free ride when you've already paid. by (SM)+Spacemonkey · 2004-10-21 00:55 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  The logic of "Think of the Children Types":
  
  GTA teaches our kids to steal, so our kids steal GTA, which teaches our kids to steal, so our kids steal GTA, which teaches our kids to steal... etc
  
  Quite obviously, this vicious cycle is Rockstar's fault.
2. Re:It's like a free ride when you've already paid. by Ohreally_factor · 2004-10-21 01:51 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I want to charge you with copy trespass, and by copy trespass I mean that you made me spit my coffee.
  
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3. Re:It's like a free ride when you've already paid. by MyHair · 2004-10-21 02:27 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I'm pretty sure somebody used this copy before I downloaded it off of p2p.
4. Re:It's like a free ride when you've already paid. by BlackHawk-666 · 2004-10-21 02:55 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Hahah, the fools. I'm straight to the copyright office now to assert my rights over the boilerplate text that laywers use on their contracts and letters. Those bastards will have to pay me eveytime they say "without prejudice" now...oh the delicious, but not quite ironicness of it all.
  
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need proof of this by ylikone · 2004-10-21 00:51 · Score: 5, Funny

Please post bittorrent links.... thanks!

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Whew by StevenHenderson · 2004-10-21 00:51 · Score: 3, Funny

This will help with the supply shortage on the release date!
What? by Heem · 2004-10-21 00:52 · Score: 3, Funny

WHOA WHOA! You mean to tell me there is pirated software on the internet!?!? Next you'll be telling me I can download Music and Pornography.

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Ohhh the irony by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-21 00:55 · Score: 3, Funny

A game about robbing and stealing and wrackage and mayhem leaks out for everyone to steal. It is beautiful.
Re:*sigh*.... by BondGamer · 2004-10-21 00:55 · Score: 5, Funny

Because the slashdot editors would like someone to post a bit torrent for them. They don't have enough time or friends to find the link.
This is El Burro of the Rockstar Diablos. by AntonyBartlett · 2004-10-21 00:56 · Score: 5, Funny

A thieving opportunist has stolen a van of my latest publication hot off the press! But that SPANKED-up idiot has left the rear doors open and now my, artistically violent, tastefully desctructive video game is being dropped all over the Internet. Persue that trail of illegal copies diligently and aggressively collecting evidence as you go. When you've followed the trail to that thieving SPANK-head, waste him.
Please don't copy it. by Rogerborg · 2004-10-21 01:00 · Score: 5, Funny

Look, I know a guy who's working on it, a really decent man. He has a wife, a child, and another on the way. If you copy this instead of buying it, you're contributing to putting him out of a job just when he needs one the most.
This isn't a theoretical issue. Rockstar aren't some faceless cartel. Please. Do the right thing this time.

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1. Re:Please don't copy it. by wibald · 2004-10-21 04:17 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  That's right. Don't copy it. Buy a pirated copy from a street vender. After all, he has a family to support, too.
Save your download time by chegosaurus · 2004-10-21 01:16 · Score: 4, Funny

It's just Pacman with a bow.
Oh, there's no Bittorent link... by artemis67 · 2004-10-21 02:41 · Score: 5, Funny

In order to steal the game, you have to beat up enough cops and hookers in your town, and run over a few pedestrians on your way to work, and then you will be approached by a mysterious stranger who will send you on a mission that will result in your getting a bootleg copy of GTA:SA.
I prefer educational titles... by Rorschach1 · 2004-10-21 03:12 · Score: 4, Funny

I've spent the last two days solid in French language immersion on my XBox.