Activision Goes After Individual Game Pirates

brunascle writes "Activision has begun suing individual pirates of console games. Edge Online is reporting that they are going after a New York resident for allegedly copying Call of Duty 3 for the Xbox 360 and other games, seeking $30,000 to $150,000 in damages for each infringement. GamePolitics has also uncovered six other lawsuits with settlements between $1,000 and $100,000, in five of which the defendant was unrepresented." Activision's lawyers specifically told GamePolitics that the lawsuit wasn't targeting file-sharers, so they probably mean that the alleged pirate was reproducing and distributing physical copies of the game. The court complaint is available here (PDF).

Comments

If you don't want to buy it, download it

[dunnius]

Those who sell copied goods for a profit are truly evil. Nobody should ever give them any business. If you don't want to buy a legit copy, then download it. It is still morally questionable, but at least it is better than encouraging profiteering from it.

Re:So?

[Spy der Mann]

The point you are missing is that most of the people that I know who pirate music and software are evangelical about it. "Here Bob, don't buy that. Let me give you a copy." It takes an unusually naive person these days to say "No, I'd rather give WalMart money for it."

There, fixed that for ya.