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Computer games industry threat to downloaders: 'pay up or we'll sue'
- ars 18y agoUsually downloading isn't a big deal: the more popular the product, the more it's downloaded, but: "..it sold 800 legitimate copies but was illegally downloaded 12,000 times.." That's not sustainable.
- LogicHoleFlaw 18y agoThis week Isabela Barwinska, an unemployed mother of two, became the first person in the UK to be ordered to pay damages to a manufacturer. She must pay more than £16,000 to Topware after downloading Dream Pinball through a file-sharing site. That's disgusting. I won't condone software piracy but the punishment must fit the crime.