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I have a harder time wrapping my head around this after your comment. I get that police are there to protect corporate profits, so it makes sense in that way. T
by alert0 6y ago
I have a harder time wrapping my head around this after your comment. I get that police are there to protect corporate profits, so it makes sense in that way. The IP stance though, is this precedent that if you are a large corporation, the game laws you make are then enforceable in the real world?
It does really blow my mind that makers of software that people buy and run on their own machines are going to get locked in a cage because they were undermining a game's design.
I've actually had some respect for China's treatment of intellectual property, as I believe a looser IP policy allows for faster innovation in society. This is just enforcing corporate interests though, it's not the world I want to see and it's going to take some very talented developers and reverse engineers out of the job market.
- geon 6y agoUsing cheat software is a breach of the terms of service. The cheaters are welcome to do wtf they want with their computer, but they should not be allowed to abuse a service. And it ruins the day for for millions of people who just want to enjoy the game.
- Hallucinaut 6y agoThis can't be the reasoning. That is breach of contract and therefore a civil case (unless it's different in Germany?). Companies do not write laws, ergo breaching a company's terms is not criminal.
- ev1 6y agoAt least in the US I would not be surprised if breaking authentication handshakes and taking unwanted copies of game memory space is CFAA/DMCA felony. I anal, but have previously done both cheat and anticheat as a kid.
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- Hallucinaut 6y agoApologies, I mean China. Don't know why I said Germany but I can't edit my comment.
- alert0 6y agoNo worries, I get them confused all the time. Very similar places.
- meowface 6y agoBut the question is why the proper legal route isn't the civil system instead of getting law enforcement involved to arrest them. In the US, I think a company's only route would be a lawsuit, if the only thing going on was game cheating and ToS violation. Though I could be wrong.
- jjk166 6y agoIANAL but if they previously did bring a lawsuit and the cheaters continued in violation of court orders, the police could be brought in for that.
- okamiueru 6y agoSay it went the route you're suggesting, what should the next step be, if the people in question ignore the court's verdict? It the follows the question: how do you know it didn't already go this route?
- meowface 6y agoThis already is taken into consideration in the normal US legal process. If you totally ignore it, the judge issues a warrant for asset seizure and/or arrest. There's no indication in the article that anything like this happened here. But that's not surprising or interesting, because there's no real rule of law or due process in China. The government and anyone in their favor just completely annihilates anyone they deem undesirable.
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