VentureBeat is reporting police have arrested one person who was allegedly involved in a scheme to sell pirated copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, bundled with Xbox 360 consoles, via a listing on Craigslist.
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The posting last Thursday on Craigslist was alarming. Someone was selling a Modern Warfare 2 Xbox 360 bundle, with both a console and a game, for $500. The problem was that Modern Warfare 2, one of the most anticipated games of the year, doesn’t officially go on sale until Nov. 10.
Activision Blizzard, the game’s publisher, called in IPCybercrime.com, a Dallas private investigation firm that specializes in online investigations. The investigators tracked down the seller and stumbled into a scheme to pirate the game and sell a bunch of fake copies over the Internet. While the bust led to the arrest of just one hacker among many, it sheds light on the shadowy underground of the business of illegal piracy. It also offers a peak at how investigators try to head off a major piracy disaster before it happens.
“It all happened very fast,” said Rob Holmes, owner of IPCybercrime. “If these guys get their stuff out, then they can do some major damage to sales and spoil it for everybody. We plug leaks every day, but this was one of the biggest ones of the year.”
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Craigslist isn't ALL bad. I looked there today, and found reference to a local store breaking street date. A 15 minute drive out of my way on my commute home now has me with a fresh, legit copy to play this weekend.
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Lemme guess, now they'll say his pirated copies could have potentially caused millions in losses and as such, they will sue him for millions of dollars. RIAA anyone?
I don't condone piracy, but they're really gonna over-exaggerate on his ass, you know it.
If he can grab a torrent it is already on the internets guys...
Exactly! why on earth is this news? Is it news that someone gets caught down your local Tesco (or Walmart) with a pack of sweeties down your trousers. It does not clog up up online news. Why should an online THIEF deserve headlines.
Just goes to show how beind the times the authorities are when it comes to copyright theft, when shite like this is news!
Also..not sure why people bother arguing with teecakes... I sincerely believe now that he is a bot built by Sony and unleashed on small community sites.
Hopefully pirating will continue to rise on the consoles. Because i hate PC devs that are selling out the PC. Thats a good enough reason right?
And i have about 3 of these guys in my towns CL video game section. They are ballsy. What you do is do the mods and then tell your customer when they pick their console up that you can get them backups.
Rest assured the 360 in another year or 2 is going to be pirate city. Any fool can mod these things now.
Also..not sure why people bother arguing with teecakes... I sincerely believe now that he is a bot built by Sony and unleashed on small community sites.
The arrest of this horrible, horrible human has no doubt saved Activision hundreds of dollars in lost revenue!!
They should thank the team of men in women who put in countless hours and expenses to bring this person to justice.
