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Floppy Copiers Slapped with a Hefty Fine in England

Posted by Cole Stryker

 

Hundreds of UK citizens have been sued by a London firm, on behalf of Topware Interactive, makers of a pinball game. One woman has already been successfully sued for £16,000 (Approx. $33,000).

Last month, the music industry announced a three step sanction procedure against illegal file-sharers, in which customers would have their internet connections suspended on the second copyright infringement and cancelled on the third.

I guess those of us leeches who only download but do not share are safe? But for how long... I guess I should move to Sweden before things heat up more than they have already. Over 150 file-sharers have been prosecuted in the UK. In related news, you can now be prosecuted if your stupid kid shares copyrighted material.

Disclaimer: I only download ROMS of old games unavailable anywhere else. Because it's for my job. Right. 

Just curious: I'd like to think 61FPS readers are actually shelling out cash for their games. Do any of you people copy that floppy? Be honest.

 


(via Times)

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John Constantine said:

I'll be the first to admit that my computer's got a few emulators installed and roms to run on 'em, but other than that? Not really.

I had a bootleg of Power Stone for Dreamcast though. That was most certainly a copied floppy.

August 19, 2008 5:03 PM

Roto13 said:

Well, I tend to pirate games that aren't readily available, so mostly ROMS of old games. I'm a collector, though, so with 225-ish games, I'm certainly no drain on the industry.

Movies and music, on the other hand....

August 19, 2008 5:11 PM

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