Re: Important moderation message, please read
I think we're wandering off into the weeds. Dark is not engaged in a Quixotic quest to stop game piracy, he is simply moving to stop up a leak in current policy around forbidden activity *on this site*, which is his responsibility as moderator. There is no moral issue here, simply his responsibility as moderator to enforce the rules.
Consider that Audiogames.net certainly would not qualify as a safe harbor under US law, meaning that moderators and site administrators could be held liable for facilitating criminal activity by a zealous prosecutor here in the States. Not that this is likely mind you, we're hardly a haven for International Organized Crime, except perhaps through postings about ChoiceOf Games entries, but the possibility, however low the probability exists. Being able to affirmatively demonstrate that the admins have taken what steps they could would lower the minuscule probability of harm even further.
So, as a tem porary measure, I support Dark's decision. If it turns out that there is no technological solution to this problem, (which I would guess will turn out to be the case) then that's a different discussion.
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