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https://nitter.unixfox.eu/__silent_/status/1698345924840296801 https://nitter.unixfox.eu/__silent_/status/16983459248402968... Who could have thought what a co

https://nitter.unixfox.eu/__silent_/status/1698345924840296801 https://nitter.unixfox.eu/__silent_/status/16983459248402968... Who could have thought what a company with billions of revenue would use the cracks from RAZOR1911 for IP they are selling to the end users? Shocking!

ezconnect 3y ago
Does RAZOR1911 have a legal way to have a share of revenue since they are using his hard work?
- threeio 3y ago
  Razor1911 is a cracking group from the mid 80s on... but it would be fantastic wouldn't it? :)
  - Zetobal 3y ago
    They disbanded some years ago :*(
  - monocasa 3y ago
    At least some did. CD Projekt Red got started as a cracking and translation group. At the time (Poland before the fall of the iron curtain) there wasn't actually anything illegal about what they were doing; copyright wasn't really a concept in their legal system at the time, particularly for software.
    - sznio 3y ago
      > At the time (Poland before the fall of the iron curtain) there wasn't actually anything illegal about what they were doing; copyright wasn't really a concept in their legal system at the time, particularly for software. They were successful because they actually stopped when it became illegal and started calling game publishers offering localization and distribution services.
- PrimeMcFly 3y ago
  They are not entitled to anything. Rockstar can use their crack as much as they want.
NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago
Anyone a little savvy would have guessed that. I'm betting even at the time of the game's release, it was so fragile that someone breathing wrong on the build machine would cause the build to fail. Any time the Windows machine displayed the numeral 1 in the systray, it would be unbuildable. And on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays it would just fail to compile. That there were only 3 employees who could get it to work at all the last 3 months of development... and they all quit years ago. Now? Now it won't build on Windows 11, or even on the old XP machine they dug up. It's so riddled with Denuvo or whatever, that they'd have to spin up a team of 12 for two months just to delete that, and only for them to discover it won't build afterwards. And, whatever else, they sure as hell don't have anyone who's good enough at assembly and IDA Pro to crack themselves. Probably too cheap to even get the single seat license for IDA Pro.

ezconnect 3y ago

Does RAZOR1911 have a legal way to have a share of revenue since they are using his hard work?

threeio 3y ago
Razor1911 is a cracking group from the mid 80s on... but it would be fantastic wouldn't it? :)
- Zetobal 3y ago
  They disbanded some years ago :*(
- monocasa 3y ago
  At least some did. CD Projekt Red got started as a cracking and translation group. At the time (Poland before the fall of the iron curtain) there wasn't actually anything illegal about what they were doing; copyright wasn't really a concept in their legal system at the time, particularly for software.
  - sznio 3y ago
    > At the time (Poland before the fall of the iron curtain) there wasn't actually anything illegal about what they were doing; copyright wasn't really a concept in their legal system at the time, particularly for software. They were successful because they actually stopped when it became illegal and started calling game publishers offering localization and distribution services.
PrimeMcFly 3y ago
They are not entitled to anything. Rockstar can use their crack as much as they want.

NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago

Anyone a little savvy would have guessed that. I'm betting even at the time of the game's release, it was so fragile that someone breathing wrong on the build machine would cause the build to fail. Any time the Windows machine displayed the numeral 1 in the systray, it would be unbuildable. And on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays it would just fail to compile. That there were only 3 employees who could get it to work at all the last 3 months of development... and they all quit years ago. Now? Now it won't build on Windows 11, or even on the old XP machine they dug up. It's so riddled with Denuvo or whatever, that they'd have to spin up a team of 12 for two months just to delete that, and only for them to discover it won't build afterwards. And, whatever else, they sure as hell don't have anyone who's good enough at assembly and IDA Pro to crack themselves. Probably too cheap to even get the single seat license for IDA Pro.