Why can't aimbot companies be sued?

Zookerman

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I don't get it,these companies are making money off of Tripwire's game without their consent. What they are doing is tantamount to selling pirated dvds in front of a movie theater or selling picket signs with movie spoilers.

I'm sorry if these metaphors are terrible, but the point is that they make money and people who bought the game expecting fair competition are getting screwed.

 

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For the same reason you can't sue The Mob, or Spammers, or the people that steal your credit card numbers.

you have to find them.. then you have to subject them to your country's laws (if applicable).. and you have to prove damages or illegal activity..

 

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Ah whatever happened to the good old days....

 

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After all this would take huge amounts of effort. What are the benefits? Little.

 

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These things frustrate me too because it sounds so simple.

 

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Sometimes they do

http://www.next-gen.biz/news/blizzard-sues-starcraft-ii-hackers

 

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Don't you realise TW was aimbot company all along!

 

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Josef Nader

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Actually, no. We're discussing this in my computer ethics class. You can't sue companies that produce aimbots, or hacks, or anything of that nature unless it's directly cutting into the parent company's profit margin. The parent company doesn't lose any money if it's users are a bunch of hacking ****tards (except by word of mouth, but that's impossible to prove in court).

It was a case a few years back where a company was producing botting programs for World of Warcraft. Blizzard sued and lost, because it doesn't infringe on their profit margins.

EDIT: Woah, just looked at the link above and I need to have a word with my Ethics Professor. He's spouting crap!

 

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the link above mentioned the blizzard suit against the botters but said that blizzard won and was awarded 6 million in damages...

 

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Colt .45 killer said:

the link above mentioned the blizzard suit against the botters but said that blizzard won and was awarded 6 million in damages...

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And I edited my post to reflect that. I need to correct my professor.

 

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Zookerman said:

I don't get it,these companies are making money off of Tripwire's game without their consent. What they are doing is tantamount to selling pirated dvds in front of a movie theater or selling picket signs with movie spoilers.

I'm sorry if these metaphors are terrible, but the point is that they make money and people who bought the game expecting fair competition are getting screwed.

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Tripwire should at least consider asking Paypal to drop customers like AimJunkies.org (netnoobs on PayPal)..

 

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