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Tecmo Sues Game Hackers Under DMCA

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-more-cheating dept.

blueZhift writes "This Reuters report on CNet states that Tecmo has filed a federal lawsuit in Chicago under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act accusing the site owners and perhaps some users of game hacking site www.ninjahacker.net (now offline) of knowingly infringing on their game software. This should be another interesting test of the DMCA and just how far it can be pushed to restrict what end users can do with/to their software purchases. This might ultimately affect the legality of cheat devices like the Game Shark and even the mere sharing of cheats or exploits."

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  1. DMCA Violations by kngthdn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Considering how most American slashdotters (myself included) consider the DMCA to be a violation of our rights, I hope everyone will understand the urgency of my plight...I need somewhere to post this cheat code...

    left-right-left-left-B-A-left-down-trigger-left-B

    I can only hope Slashdot has the resources to protect my free speech. ;-)

    Really, though...the DMCA sucks, but I can't see cheat codes being a violation while game makers keep putting them in on purpose. Aren't they the ones writing code to do different things when we enter the codes in? What next, prison time for opening an easter egg in Word?

    Here's a link to the archived site, before it was taken down.

    1. Re:DMCA Violations by ThaReetLad · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well I personally believe this is a serious let off for people who use cheats in online gaming. I've been lobbying for a new amendment to castrate anyone caught using or creating cheats, so this seems rather tame. I'm just not sure it's a big enough deterrent/punishment.

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  2. Wonder who made those cheats in the first place... by deejaymaxx · · Score: 4, Funny

    IDDQD

    Now sue me.

  3. Re:Just to add to the flurry of jokes by kyojin+the+clown · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Ataris named a song after that cheat code. Are Konami going to sue The Ataris? Will the RIAA step in to protect their artists rights? What about Atari? Who are they going to sue?

    Oh God, I'm being sucked into a whirlpool of recursivity!

  4. Re:America's Army by Fred_A · · Score: 4, Funny

    There are nude skins for AA ???

    Eww.

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