Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem OK... so a user posted a post and I replied in this one, and now its gone. So I've removed my reply. Yeah URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/427155/#p427155 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem @38, uh... wow. Quite sad. Not sure why you'd want to crack IDM since their quite a nice company but... URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/427155/#p427155 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-04-16
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : AlirezaNosrati via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem that isn't correct, in iran it's like this.install windowscrack windowsturn on narator install jawscrack jawsinstall IDMcrack IDMinstall skypeinstall teamtalkinstall firefoxbelieve me it's like this for the most of them. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/427153/#p427153 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem Ignorance, arguably, is an excuse in certain situations. If you lack certain info and are called to task for it, maybe you had no idea that there was a problem at all. Example for the sake of thoroughness, even if it's silly: you routinely hang around on the south side of a huge, fenced building with no signage. There's a gate on this side, and at some point, the ball you and your friends are kicking around zips over the fence. Well, you go and stroll in the gate and grab your ball. Next thing you know, you're being jumped for trespassing even though the gate was open and there was no "no trespassing sign". That sign was on the north side of the building where you had never been before.Again, silly example, but the point is that sometimes you can be reasonably believed not to have known something was wrong. A greater-picture perspective is necessary before saying "ignorance is not an excuse".That said, it doesn't apply here. Not at all. Even if you want to use the language barrier argument - which I don't buy in this instance, by the way - the user has had almost a dozen brushes with this problem, and past a certain point, the exact wording he used really isn't the point. The point is that he has shown a cavalier attitude toward cracking, and is trying to encourage others to do the same thing. This isn't okay, and this is why he got banned. If this had been the first ever brush with the whole cracking issue for a given user, then okay, yeah, totally different story. I might have issued a caution for it, or at least stepped in to say "Hey, actually, no, that's kinda not how that works". But this was another good-faith thing. It's pretty clear what Tmstuff was up to. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/426645/#p426645 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-04-12
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : ironcross32 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem Yes, ignorance isn't an excuse, if someone doesn't understand, they have every right to ask questions, but funnily enough, no one ever does. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/426565/#p426565 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-04-12
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : defender via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem That and if you can't read and understand the rules than you shouldn't use the service, particularly when it states right in signup that this is an English forum.I can see the point about how words can be used wrong by people who are still learning, but that doesn't apply at all to this situation, and for others a warning can easily be reversed if the person then makes an effort to explain them selves. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/426550/#p426550 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-04-12
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : defender via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem That and if you can't read and understand the rules than you shouldn't use the service, particularly when it states right in signup that this is an English forum. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/426550/#p426550 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-04-09
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : ironcross32 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem The thing is, I think the language barrier is the biggest thing people exploit here. Yes, the forum is meant to be accommodating to all, but this particular leniency that goes along with language barrier seems to be stretched by certain users. he certainly knows enough English to know what no, and stop mean. he has demonstrated a lack of caring and of respect for developers and their right to protect their works. At some point, sorry to say, but the benefit of the doubt runs out, as there is little doubt regarding the intention. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/425867/#p425867 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem 31, still the possibility of the language barrier exists. Some constructions, for example are not found in Turkish, or using certain words doesn't always add the entailment of no consiquences or acceptability. Though his past record does put this into doubt. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/425861/#p425861 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-04-09
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : redfox via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem He's been warned I think somehwere around 8 times for talking about cracks... I'm pretty sure all of them were good. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/425814/#p425814 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-04-08
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : cartertemm via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem tmstuff000 wrote:@14, The licencing not being there is not a problem, it's good, because we have an excuse to break it.Best regardsT-mHe's not saying the license not being there leaves the possibility for it to be broken. He's saying "we can break it". We "can", as in are allowed to. As in it's completely okay. As in zero legal or moral complications involved. I tend to disagree, this isn't an empty obvious statement. He's attempting to tell us what we "can" do. I guess it depends on your interpretation of "can", but given his post history are you able to give me a single reason I'd want to go with the benefit of the doubt? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/425752/#p425752 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-04-08
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : cartertemm via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem tmstuff000 wrote:@14, The licencing not being there is not a problem, it's good, because we have an excuse to break it.Best regardsT-mHe's not saying the license not being there leaves the possibility for it to be broken. He's saying "we can break it". We "can", as in are allowed to. As in it's completely okay. As in zero legal or moral complications involved. I tend to disagree, this isn't an empty obvious statement. He's attempting to tell us what we "can" do. I guess it depends on your interpretation of "can", but given his post history can you please give me a single reason I'd want to go with the benefit of the doubt? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/425752/#p425752 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem 28, but the way he expressed it didn't add any new knowledge to anyone. Everyone theoretically knew that any agreement can be broken. It is an extremely vague and broad statement not offering anything at all. And don't forget that his native language is Persian if I recall correctly, so the way he phrased it may be affected by his native language. Of course his past record makes it more likely to come up with other interpertations. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/425710/#p425710 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem 28, but the way he expressed it didn't add any new knowledge to anyone. Everyone theoretically knew that any agreement can be broken. It is an extremely vague and broad statement not offering anything at all. And don't forget that his native language is Persian if I recall correctly, so the way he phrased it may be affected by his native language. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/425710/#p425710 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-04-08
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : redfox via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem He has encouraged it is the and he's asked for cracks constantly. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/425614/#p425614 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-04-08
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : cartertemm via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem Read my moderation post. #17 in the dev room's list of sounds topic1. Nothing saying he was expressing an opinion. "We", have an excuse to break it. That's him speaking for all of us, telling "us" what we can freely do.2. Is this the precedent we wish to be setting here?3. As a developer, anytime I might see a post such as that without repercussion I begin to have second thoughts about the community as a whole. Why should I take the time to advertise my work to a community who evidently finds it Okay to shit all over my hard work? We have a host of sound designers here and I'd hate for them to think we condone license violation.4. Most importantly, the word of one goes a long way. When you make a claim offering no room for interpretation or adjustment, it doesn't matter. He phrased it as a fact. this could imply, to someone who might not really know any better, that he was well informed. That they were in the right for doing the same.According to the above, added on to an overwhelming agreement of folks on the moderation list, as well as multiple reports here, I believe beyond the shadow of a doubt that I acted rightfully. If anyone thinks differently, feel free to make your voice heard. I jumpt into this topic a bit late and have since attempted to slightly revise my approach. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/425588/#p425588 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem Sorry for late response. It is shitty behavior. However, has he directly encouraged anyone to do anything by providing tips, instructions, guides etc? What he said is meerly a statement, without any actual harm to anyone. Someone can go on the forum and say I love cracking x y z and leave it at that. This is their own opinion and doesn't get the site in trouble as long as he doesn't do more than that. This current practice is creating thought crimes, where the _expression_ of a thought is the only crime commited. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/425558/#p425558 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem Sorry for late response. It is shitty behavior. However, has he directly encouraged anyone to do anything by providing tips, instructions, guides etc? What he said is meerly a statement, without any actual harm to anyone. Someone can go on the forum and say I love cracking x y z and leave it at that. This is their own opinion and doesn't get the site in trouble as long as he doesn't do more than that. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/425558/#p425558 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-04-04
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : defender via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem But what if someone like Tmstuff000 says something like he did in post 15 of the stickied topic in the dev room, what would you think of that.He's not just saying he doesn't like licensing, he's saying yaye! this makes it easier for us to do illegal stuff with this content!Is that enough probable cause? Or is that just selfish and shitty behavior that is ultimately still just an opinion. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/424957/#p424957 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem Allow discussions of the politics of cracking downloading etc imho. Philosophical sociological legal discussions. I think links or detailed instructions should be removed as they can probably get the sight in trouble. But cracking down on discussion is basicly creating a thought crime. Moreover, I think it should not be the mods' business what is done outside the forum. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/423941/#p423941 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-03-24
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : defender via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem Allot of good points here and some things I had not considered before.Thanks to those like roelvdwal who actually bothered to do the deeper research, and Ethin who provided summaries.I think a zero tolerance policy is unrealistic for many reasons, so just a better clarified rule as has apparently already been done by Jade, and the understanding that if a link gets flagged, it will be removed at least and the topic deleted at most. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/422113/#p422113 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-03-19
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : roelvdwal via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem small quote from wikipedia about article 13:Article 13's provisions target commercial web hosts which "store and give the public access to a large amount of works or other subject-matter uploaded by its users which [they] organise and promote for profit-making purposes".Does this site make any substantial profet? most likely not. So we're fine, until told otherweise. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/420371/#p420371 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem @Iron: EU law. Not Dutch law. EU law trumps Dutch copyright law. however, the EU is if anything more restrictive than US law. Plus the EU is cracking down on copyright (se Article 13).You might think it's absurd to say game A has copyrighted assets, but that's the reality of it, Iron and how things work, there's been cases in the game industry of developers being caught stealing assets from other games.Also, you say knowing it and proving it are two different things. Not really if you know how to prove it. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/420245/#p420245 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-03-19
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : ironcross32 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem The thing is, you can ant fuck the legality issue six ways from Sunday, but it isn't an issue until it is. If the forum gets a take down request from a company, take down the offending topic and do your best to remove all links resulting from topic and links in other topics, etc. Once done, simply just move on about your day. It's a bit absurd to say game A has these copyrighted assets in it, game B has these, etc. Also, knowing it and proving it are two different things. Also, yes, this forum isn't bound by U.S. law, it's bound by Dutch law. I really think this could be put to bed, as there's not much more to be done if the rule is clear enough now. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/420228/#p420228 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-03-18
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : an idiot via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem Yes, add to that, things like crazy party aren't from the u s. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/420186/#p420186 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-03-18
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : an idiot via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem Yes, add to that, things like crazyparty aren't from the u s. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/420186/#p420186 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-03-18
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : roelvdwal via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem O wait this forum is hosted on a dutch isp isn't it? US laws don't apply in that case, so no dmca.I took a quick look at the procedure, apparently it's much more friendly to the websites hosting the alledged infringing material. Here's a link to how you would write such a request:https://dmcahelp.wordpress.com/2017/02/ … utch-isps/interesting point is it is customary to include proof of failed attemts trying to reach the webmasters. So by some small chanse if such a notice is ever received we can just get rid of said topic. I beleive this is also how big game companies operate, first ask for something to be taken down directly by the authors of said content, if they refuse go to court. Am too lazy to search for examples. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/420182/#p420182 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem The US Copyright Office has a good analysis of the DMCA and what it means over at https://www.copyright.gov/reports/studi … utive.html. Additionally I found, of course, this article on Wikipedia. I'll edit this post if I find any more good summaries of the law (its pretty complicated...).Edit: the link above seems like the reasoning behind the DMCA; this seems like a better resource for general information. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/420164/#p420164 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem The US Copyright Office has a good analysis of the DMCA and what it means over at https://www.copyright.gov/reports/studi … utive.html. Additionally I found, of course, this article on Wikipedia. I'll edit this post if I find any more good summaries of the law (its pretty complicated...). URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/420164/#p420164 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem The US Copyright Office has a good analysis of the DMCA and what it means over at https://www.copyright.gov/reports/studi … tive.html. Additionally I found, of course, this article on Wikipedia. I'll edit this post if I find any more good summaries of the law (its pretty complicated...). URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/420164/#p420164 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem I'd like to jump in here real quick with an overview of the DMCA. The DMCA has 37 sections related to copyright; I'll only be going over the first, second, and fifth (17 U.S.C. 512 - Limitations on liability relating to material online). You can read more at the OLRC home (just google "Read the United States Code") (or, of course, Wikipedia has an article).Section 512 has quite a few paragraphs. For this post I'll only go over the first two and a portion of the third, as well as paragraph (j). Those portions state:(a) Transitory Digital Network Communications.-A service provider shall not be liable for monetary relief, or, except as provided in subsection (j), for injunctive or other equitable relief, for infringement of copyright by reason of the provider's transmitting, routing, or providing connections for, material through a system or network controlled or operated by or for the service provider, or by reason of the intermediate and transient storage of that material in the course of such transmitting, routing, or providing connections, if-(1) the transmission of the material was initiated by or at the direction of a person other than the service provider;(2) the transmission, routing, provision of connections, or storage is carried out through an automatic technical process without selection of the material by the service provider;(3) the service provider does not select the recipients of the material except as an automatic response to the request of another person;(4) no copy of the material made by the service provider in the course of such intermediate or transient storage is maintained on the system or network in a manner ordinarily accessible to anyone other than anticipated recipients, and no such copy is maintained on the system or network in a manner ordinarily accessible to such anticipated recipients for a longer period than is reasonably necessary for the transmission, routing, or provision of connections; and(5) the material is transmitted through the system or network without modification of its content. (b) System Caching.-(1) Limitation on liability.-A service provider shall not be liable for monetary relief, or, except as provided in subsection (j), for injunctive or other equitable relief, for infringement of copyright by reason of the intermediate and temporary storage of material on a system or network controlled or operated by or for the service provider in a case in which-(A) the material is made available online by a person other than the service provider;(B) the material is transmitted from the person described in subparagraph (A) through the system or network to a person other than the person described in subparagraph (A) at the direction of that other person; and(C) the storage is carried out through an automatic technical process for the purpose of making the material available to users of the system or network who, after the material is transmitted as described in subparagraph (B), request access to the material from the person described in subparagraph (A),if the conditions set forth in paragraph (2) are met.(2) Conditions.-The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that-(A) the material described in paragraph (1) is transmitted to the subsequent users described in paragraph (1)(C) without modification to its content from the manner in which the material was transmitted from the person described in paragraph (1)(A);(B) the service provider described in paragraph (1) complies with rules concerning the refreshing, reloading, or other updating of the material when specified by the person making the material available online in accordance with a generally accepted industry standard data communications protocol for the system or network through which that person makes the material available, except that this subparagraph applies only if those rules are not used by the person described in paragraph (1)(A) to prevent or unreasonably impair the intermediate storage to which this subsection applies;(C) the service provider does not interfere with the ability of technology associated with the material to return to the person described in paragraph (1)(A) the information that would have been available to that person if the material had been obtained by the subsequent users described in paragraph (1)(C) directly from that person, except that this subparagraph applies only if that technology-(i) does not significantly interfere with the performance of the provider's system or network or with the intermediate storage of the material;(ii) is consistent with generally accepted industry standard communications protocols; and(iii) does not extract information from the provider's system or network other than the information that would have been available to the person described in paragraph (1)(A) if the subsequent users had gained access to the material directly from that person; (D) if the person described in
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem I'd like to jump in here real quick with an overview of the DMCA. The DMCA has 37 sections related to copyright; I'll only be going over the first, second, and fifth (17 U.S.C. 512 - Limitations on liability relating to material online, 1201 - Circumvention of copyright protection systems, and 1204 - Criminal offenses and penalties). Its other sections are:1202 - Integrity of copyright management information1203 - Civil remedies1205 - Savings clauseAll of 17 USC Ch. 13: PROTECTION OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS512. Limitations on liability relating to material onlineThis section has quite a few paragraphs. For this post I'll only go over the first two and a portion of the third, as well as paragraph (j). Those portions state:(a) Transitory Digital Network Communications.-A service provider shall not be liable for monetary relief, or, except as provided in subsection (j), for injunctive or other equitable relief, for infringement of copyright by reason of the provider's transmitting, routing, or providing connections for, material through a system or network controlled or operated by or for the service provider, or by reason of the intermediate and transient storage of that material in the course of such transmitting, routing, or providing connections, if-(1) the transmission of the material was initiated by or at the direction of a person other than the service provider;(2) the transmission, routing, provision of connections, or storage is carried out through an automatic technical process without selection of the material by the service provider;(3) the service provider does not select the recipients of the material except as an automatic response to the request of another person;(4) no copy of the material made by the service provider in the course of such intermediate or transient storage is maintained on the system or network in a manner ordinarily accessible to anyone other than anticipated recipients, and no such copy is maintained on the system or network in a manner ordinarily accessible to such anticipated recipients for a longer period than is reasonably necessary for the transmission, routing, or provision of connections; and(5) the material is transmitted through the system or network without modification of its content. (b) System Caching.-(1) Limitation on liability.-A service provider shall not be liable for monetary relief, or, except as provided in subsection (j), for injunctive or other equitable relief, for infringement of copyright by reason of the intermediate and temporary storage of material on a system or network controlled or operated by or for the service provider in a case in which-(A) the material is made available online by a person other than the service provider;(B) the material is transmitted from the person described in subparagraph (A) through the system or network to a person other than the person described in subparagraph (A) at the direction of that other person; and(C) the storage is carried out through an automatic technical process for the purpose of making the material available to users of the system or network who, after the material is transmitted as described in subparagraph (B), request access to the material from the person described in subparagraph (A),if the conditions set forth in paragraph (2) are met.(2) Conditions.-The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that-(A) the material described in paragraph (1) is transmitted to the subsequent users described in paragraph (1)(C) without modification to its content from the manner in which the material was transmitted from the person described in paragraph (1)(A);(B) the service provider described in paragraph (1) complies with rules concerning the refreshing, reloading, or other updating of the material when specified by the person making the material available online in accordance with a generally accepted industry standard data communications protocol for the system or network through which that person makes the material available, except that this subparagraph applies only if those rules are not used by the person described in paragraph (1)(A) to prevent or unreasonably impair the intermediate storage to which this subsection applies;(C) the service provider does not interfere with the ability of technology associated with the material to return to the person described in paragraph (1)(A) the information that would have been available to that person if the material had been obtained by the subsequent users described in paragraph (1)(C) directly from that person, except that this subparagraph applies only if that technology-(i) does not significantly interfere with the performance of the provider's system or network or with the intermediate storage of the material;(ii) is consistent with generally accepted industry standard communications protocols; and(iii) does not extract information from the provider's system or network other than
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-03-18
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : turtlepower17 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem Can we prove, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that other games besides Crazy Party do not use pirated sounds? No? Didn't think so. It's well-known around here that Crazy Party is my favorite game, but that's not why I'm defending it, it's because we honestly have no idea whether every single game in this database is squeaky clean. Trying to figure that out would be a hell of a thing, and would absolutely lead to false accusations and even more false positives, alienating devs and making tensions rise even more which is exactly what we don't need.Going back to Crazy Party, how many people have streamed/played it on Youtube? I believe the answer is several, yet those videos are still happily absorbing views and likes every day. Even Manamon has had its moments in the sun on that platform. Youtube didn't take them down, even though they have a famously aggressive anti-piracy stance. One of my favorite channel hosts has a running gag about that, in fact, where he plays a few seconds of a song while demonstrating some audio tech or other he's found, then talking about whether it will generate any content matches.So, honestly, let's calm down about this whole Game X uses stolen sounds crap, it's not going to lead to anything productive. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/420158/#p420158 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-03-18
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : roelvdwal via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem Is it legal? no. Is the forum responsable for content people post? most likely not (dmca?) I'm not a law expert. So I'd say let things as they are and if there's ever a dmca takedown notice (which I doubt will ever happen) then we can work out what to do. No use creating hypithetical situations. And I don't think it's hypocritical to not allow software piracy, but to allow tv shows anyway *if and only if* you can not get them audio described elsewhere. Using the only pirated incase of inaccessibility criteria would disallow any software cracks, whilst allowing old game roms and audio described content, really what we've got. But making it an official rule might not be a good idea. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/420128/#p420128 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem I'm well aware of the illegality of a game like Crazy Party on technical grounds. manamon would probably result in a lawsuit if the wrong person got wind of it, owing to how heavily it borrows from the original source material. The whole movie and show-hosting bit? Same deal.I agree in practice that the larger groups really don't care. On a moral standpoint I'm pretty gentle on this. The issue is legal, not moral, though. That's where I'm really having trouble here. And obviously I am not the sole or foremost authority on this point. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/420097/#p420097 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-03-18
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : grryfindore via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem Hi, Lets be honest here, nobody gives a fig about some small forum hosting or talking about piracy or some free game using copyrighted sounds. Its nothing but fearmongering or I don't really know what to call it by a certain section of the members who already either have everything given to them or have access to things which the rest of the world does not. I am pretty sure they would be singing a different tune if their government / organizations weren't providing them with shit. $$. I realise that this may have come across as a tad bit rude, for that I apologise, but people need to understand that its these small things that you take for granted are not so easy for the rest of us. I am sure if people were capable of it they would have been buying movies, books tv shows what have you and a situation like the current one would not arise. It maybe a little difficult for some to understand things such as not having money to eat proper meals at times much less for leasure such as audiobooks audio described stuff. and for many ADV isn't a thing they even have access to even if they had the capability to purchase them. So it is hipocritical to say that we don't allow cracks of games here but to have audio described movies or whatever takes your fansy I.E games that are not payed using sounds from other sources, even for payed games though its not likely to be a problem but obviously we wouldn't want to encourage such a thing, butt I digress, so it is hipocritical yes, but nobody specially the corporations are going to give a shit. Since how many years has the bmmv been around? and how many cases companys corporations do you see cracking down on them? same goes for this forum. How many members were turned away by seeing people talking about audio description, having links to them, crazy party having sounds from other sources, pokeymon crystal and so on? in short, all I will say is, let things be as they were, don't let this turn in to a den of pirates where all you see are cracked pirated softwares games etc, however on the other hand don't be as heavy handed as to hammer down people saying that (insert software name here) is cracked all the time. What users think and what they do as long as its off the forums shouldn't be a concern of the moderators here as long as no instructions or cracks are linked to. I have had my say, and the rest is up to whoever. Cheers and thanksGrryf URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/420091/#p420091 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-03-18
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : roelvdwal via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem And yet, how many legal notices has this forum received? If we're talking about things such as crazy party, I'd say just see if anyone comes nocking with a dmca takedown request. Just because a site is hosting pirated content does not mean it's suddenly taken down. Doesn't the dmca apply here? I have no idea. Doing some searching only gave me this:https://forums.unrealengine.com/unreal- … wn-exampleTake reddit as another example. They have an entire subreddit dedicated to piracy. They just don't allow sharing of links I beleive, but you can describe how to find the infringing material, and they're still around. I'm not saying that we should tolerate any form of piracy because we might be able to get away with it, but we can probably set our standards without worrying too much about what's legal and what isn't. This will allow us to at least let crazy party through. If it were my desision, we can tolerate pirated material that can't be accessed legally like *some* tv shows and things like pokemon cristal access. Free games which contain sounds of questionable legality like cp could also be tolerated. It'll be hard to verify where a game's sounds came from, so I'm not sure what we can do about payed games which steal sounds. Maybe just wait and see if a dmca is received, we can't know if sound libraries are bought or pirated, we can only have our suspitions. And with tolerated I don't mean explisitly stated in the rules; more like not mensioned / acted upon. Having a 0-tolerance policy on pirated material in games will cause many new releases to happen off-forum. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/420066/#p420066 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem @Jade: From a pure legal standpoint though, it doesn't matter if Crazy Party is free or not. It is still breaking the law and isn't a good look. The myth that free stuff isn't infringing needs to die in a fire really.If Nintendo found out about Pokemon Crystal Access having a full ROM dump, they'd have every right to come after the forum for hosting it or linking to it (see what happened to emulation sites that allowed free access). From a purely legal standpoint, the infringing links need to go also to keep the host in the clear though also. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/419756/#p419756 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem I've endeavoured to clear up the rule's wording, and I don't think a hard zero-tolerance policy is going to work, but as I said before, it's clear this needs attention. I'm just glad Crazy Party is not trying to be a paid game, as that would not be appropriate at all. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/419444/#p419444 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-03-16
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : Exodus via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem Yeah... In no way am I advocating for the removal of the rule, I just think it needs to be put down clearly what's acceptable and what isn't. If it's a zero tolerance rule, that's fine.If that's going to be the case then I think a lot of links will have to be purged from the forum. Crazy party is loaded with copyrighted assets from other games (crock, pokemon, mario games).The Pokemon crystal access archive contains a rom dump of Pokemon crystal.There are hundreds of links to copyrighted described audio films and shows, these have usually been harvested from DVDs.If all this stuff stays around, we're basically muddying the waters for any new users that sign up. They'll sign up, read the rules, be told how uncool piracy is and then come across a plethora of links to pirated content. It really is not a good look. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/419410/#p419410 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-03-15
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : swigjr23 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem Post 8 makes a very good point. You can't have links to copies of audio described movies, and then say you don't tolerate piracy. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/419009/#p419009 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem @1: Wait, where's your caution or warning for discussing cracks? Carter needs to come in here and smack you with a warning for discussing cracks! /sarcasmThe way that rule's worded, with *any* discussion, means, yeah, going by the very way this rule is written, this topic should be closed, and Exodus given a warning for discussing cracks since it's no different than Maadi saying people crack things. So, come on mods /sarcasmSeriously. That rule needs to be reworked and reworded. Also the forum's copyright stance needs to tighten up *immensely* because you can't pick and choose what you punish.That's like a cop pulling me over for speeding but letting me off waving a gun at them. See where I'm going with this?Now in the old topic I argued for a zero tolerance policy on links to *all* pirated content. I know, people would lose their precious audio described content. Well guess what? It's not yours to begin with. Unless, of course, you buy it. Even then.you're not supposed to share it at all..and even if you buy it, you're just buying a license to it. I'm all in favor of a zero tolerance policy for all pirated content. Which includesSounds. Use a sound from a library you don't legally own? Yep, that game gets pulled down for using pirated contentLinking to pirated content. Oh look there goes all the BMMV preservation topicsDiscussion of pirating content. Oh oops, there goes the BMMV preservation topics and links to stuff like the script in #1Now. My argument is there is a huge difference between saying oh, X people crack Jaws, and saying X people crack jaws, go do X Y Z and go to X link and do this thi sthis and this. Fact is, People crack software. Like it or not, people do, People pirate software, sounds, files, et cetera. If you're going to warn for simply stating a fact, people crack software, that's a huge, slippery slope that starts with warning somebody for saying people in a less well off and more restrictive nation crack software, that may well be legal within those borders. So where does the slippery slope end exactly? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/418974/#p418974 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-03-15
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : jaybird via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem I agree with this topic. Obviously we can't have people providing cracks or instructions for cracking, or anything like that.However, another example comes to mind. A few months ago there was talk in the Developers' room about developing a DRM system which could be applied to various games. As far as I know nothing ever came of it, but in such a topic, people must be able to talk freely about how such a system might be cracked. If you're developing a DRM system and you can't discuss how someone might go about cracking it and get others' input on the subject, you're probably not going to end up with anything useful. Any discussion of security must include information about how that security might be broken. If you don't think about how someone might break your security, it's probably not going to be very secure. Anyone can write a security system he himself cannot break, etc. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/418962/#p418962 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-03-15
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : mahdi-abedi via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem when I sed we are cracking jaws, people can dont do it: I'v just sed what happen's here URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/418960/#p418960 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem Ironcross's caution was well merited given what he was doing and linking to.I do happen to agree that we need to form a more cohesive stance regarding piracy. Discussing it in truly abstract terms shouldn't be hugely punishable, but encouraging it should be an issue.It needs to be said, however, that a harder stance may be needed, in the sense that if you discuss stuff like this openly (i.e., in a way which, for instance, talks about how a whole pile of people crack Jaws), you may in fact encourage people to reach out privately to also crack Jaws, or god knows what else. Obviously, thoughtcrime isn't a thing here and I absolutely don't intend it to be, and we can't punish what we can't prove. But it's perhaps not quite so simple.That said, a more unified front is absolutely essential, so I agree with that. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/418937/#p418937 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-03-15
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : redfox via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem @2, no no no, it should not be deleted. It should be heavily discussed and fixed.The level of unfair moderations is all over the place.The ones you mentioned @1, Ironcross's caution in the sbyw is going down topic, just... ug. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/418933/#p418933 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-03-15
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : oussamabengatrane via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem i compleatly agree with post 1 URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/418908/#p418908 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-03-15
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : mahdi-abedi via Audiogames-reflector
Re: This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem hiabout my comment and carters moderation, I agree with you: this rule should be deleted URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/418885/#p418885 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem
2019-03-15
Thread
AudioGames . net Forum — Site and forum feedback : Exodus via Audiogames-reflector
This forum's copyright and cracks discussion problem Apparently, we were having this discussion before and then the forum shat the bed in spectacular fashion, disappearing over half the discussion and killing the entire thing. This forum's stance when it comes to cracks and copyrighted material is all over the place, at times being overly draconian for no reason and at other times being way... way too lenient. I'll further unpack this statement with links to forum threads to further underline these problems:In post 52 of this thread, mahdi-abedi makes the observation that a lot of people in Iran choose to crack jaws. They do not provide instructions on how to crack jaws and they do not give any encouragement to others to crack jaws. Making this observation got them a warning. Meanwhile over here on this thread devinprater links to instructions in post 12 that will allow you to download from emuparadise, who voluntarily disabled public access to their roms due to fear of action from Nintendo. DaddySpice links directly to the script in post 15... and to this day no moderator action has been taken. I want to be perfectly clear here, this post isn't made to start something with any of the forum users I mentioned above, I just want to get the ball rolling again on the cracks/copyrighted material issue as it does not seem to be going anywhere and now users are being punished for stuff that is a borderline caution at best. So what's to be done about it?I myself would suggest a bit of an edit to forum rule 3 that allows for the limited discussion of piracy and cracking, while keeping the parts about distributing and encouraging piracy intact. A couple of examples of what would be good under this edit rule are below:1.Fellow audio engineers, I found myself in back street studio 3 the other day and couldn't help noticing the plethora of cracked software they were running. They had ProTools running on OSX also, but the hardware was clearly a hp Z840. Anyway, That got me looking more at the other places I do work in and they're all at it! Is the piracy issue as rampant where you are?2.Everyone in my country cracks jaws, it has got to the point where it is almost a normal part of life. Get computer, get pen drive from friend, install cracked jaws. I think that fs should look into some alternative pricing structure for the users here, but they don't seem to care, thank god for NVDA!Then to balance things out, The stuff that would not be allowed:1.I busted the DRM on AHC wide open last night and just had to share it here. Download it hereDon't forget to read the readme and give a thumbs up. Yar!2.Yeah, that guy is an ass hole and I recommend not paying for any of his overpriced stuff. If you must have his games, I've made an audio guide that will get you on the right path.Listen to the guide here and save money.This is the best time to be discussing this type of thing, as we're still in the process of hashing out the rules. Forum rule 3 as it currently stands seems to just be punishing people for all the wrong reasons, while links to copyrighted contentare splashedall over the forum.Still with me here? Thank you for reading this far. I'd love to hear all your opinions on this, let's put this issue to bed. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/418875/#p418875 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
