->-----Original Message----- ->From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ->[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Elminst ->Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 6:16 PM ->To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ->Subject: RE: [hlds_linux] [OT] DMCA notification for sharing the ->Half-Life patch? -> -> ->On , -> [EMAIL PROTECTED] spoke forth; -> I'd really ->> like to think that theESA has decided that P2P is ONLY used for ->> illegal purposes, and just did a generic search for "doom", ->> "halflife" and "wolfenstein". -> ->This is probably the case. They've done this many times. If the filename ->even contains letters that happen to randomly match whatever ->they're looking ->for, they throw you a C&D letter/email. It's all a robot, they don't even ->have people check the files first. I remember reading a story about a ->professor who got hassled because a research paper name contained ->4 letters ->that happened to match the name of some band.
rgr, that almost assuredly is what the issue is. Although I dont see why valve feels the need to become apart of these tactics. Then again, it could be vivendi/sierra... I am all for valve protecting their buisness, trying to keep people from stealing/hacking their games, but these riaa style tactics wont make them any friends... ;/ kev _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
