I would think so. I don't know how much money Draconis lost in possible
sales when someone pirated Monkey Business and made it available to others.
I seem to remember that there were a lot of downloads all of a sudden,
though.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 8:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Piracy rate?
Hi Charles,
Well, if a developer wants to prosecute a software pirate to the full
extent of the law all they have to do is report it to their local
prosecutor and report it as a theft. According to the 1997 No
Electronic Theft Act a convicted software pirate can receive five
years in jail and a $250000 fine. That's if a developer wants to press
criminal charges.
If a developer wants to sue for damages the minimum is $150000 per
instance of illegal copyright infringement. So if Joe gives his key
out to 10 people and the developer can track his key to all 10 people
he can be sued for a total of $1.5 million in damages. Of course, as
we've already established most blind people aren't rich so there is no
way to get $1.5 million in damages from a pirate.
The irony here is while most developers have been rather light handed
about piracy if they wanted to get nasty they could really make their
lives miserable. I think five years in prison and $250000 in fines
might discourage a few pirates you think?
Cheers!
On 4/30/13, Charles Rivard <wee1s...@fidnet.com> wrote:
Speaking of piracy, does anyone know the approximate cost, or what would
be
involved in, penalizing these pirates to the full extent of the law, and
what you would get in return for the money, time, and effort spent? You
can
answer off list in order to not think the answers would make them feel
that
it is safe to pirate because nothing would be done about the rampant
problem. Could it be possible for developers to get together and split
the
cost involved? Thanks.
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