Comments on Skeptobot: Ubisoft found Pirating the Pirates.

Actually, I hope that more of the complaints about...

2008-07-23T13:50:00.000Z

Actually, I hope that more of the complaints about/toward Ubisoft go less toward "Eww, you used dirty cracks, shame on you!", and more instead toward "See? Cracks can be very necessary, so stop condemning them if you yourself use them!"

This could make a very good case for people who use such resources in a responsible manner (namely, folks who pay for the game, or try-then-buy). Laws really do try to draw too hard-and-fast a line between "pirates", and people who are just trying the game or trying to get what they paid for to work. It's time it be re-examined, and this would be a perfect opportunity for just that.

I just hope enough folks commenting on this story (on this and other areas) will take that approach, rather than further demonizing "crackers".

The bottom-line: Ubisoft is disgusting for being hypocrites, not just for using a crack.

Just a reminder: the EULA is not law. In fact, th...

2008-07-20T18:44:00.000Z

Just a reminder: the EULA is not law. In fact, the whole concept of a EULA has never been proven in court. How can you agree to a contract when you are not allowed to see the contract before paying?

But that issue aside, what you imply is ridiculous. My operating system interacts with the game files by modifying them. Does Ubisoft now own Windows?

To those of you that think this is pirating: I urg...

2008-07-20T14:25:00.000Z

To those of you that think this is pirating: I urge you to take a look at the EULA for the game. While I don't owna copy and am not familiar with the terms and conditions, many companies specify that any software designed to interact with their code (primarily by copy/editing data saved in memory, or by modifying the game's files) it becomes the exclusive property of the company.

Unethical and moronic? Undoubtedly. Illegal? Probably not.

I agree with the first anonymous post, this title ...

2008-07-20T13:42:00.000Z

I agree with the first anonymous post, this title is inaccurate! How is making a (apparently, no-cd?) crack for a game related to pirating? I guess the crack could be used FOR pirating, but their also good for legit users.

Either way, Ubisoft should really have taken the time to fix this themselves.

Actually, Ubisoft is on very shaky grounds. Whoev...

2008-07-19T20:19:00.000Z

Actually, Ubisoft is on very shaky grounds. Whoever wrote that nocd crack owns the rights to it. It's their intellectual property. Theoretically, they could even sue Ubisoft for taking it without permission, and using it commercially.

Of course, I really doubt this will happen for obvious reasons. The crack itself is probably a violation of the DMCA, so the author would be opening themselves up to litigation if they tried such a stunt.

Actually, anonymous, that's the gayest understandi...

2008-07-19T19:18:00.000Z

Actually, anonymous, that's the gayest understanding of piracy I've ever come across. The title is accurate, and precise. Do you know the difference between accurate and precise? Doesn't really matter now.

If you were ever a pirate(which you weren't), you would know the code. And the code is that you don't take another's crack and relabel it your own. That is the ultimate in homosexual taco slapping strap-on newbtardness. The second rule is if the software is any good, you buy it. If you take somebody else's crack/proggie without credit you get nuked in the real world. Really, it's called "nukeing" because you suck that much. And Ubisoft now sucks even in pirate circles.

They aren't "pirating the pirates". In order to "p...

2008-07-19T16:42:00.001Z

They aren't "pirating the pirates". In order to "pirate" you must slew something to a consumer at a cheaper (or free) price. Ubisoft simply copied the crack. Pirating is not appropriate to describe their action in this case.

2008-07-19T16:42:00.000Z

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http://torrentfreak.com/ubisofts-no-cd-answer-to-d...

2008-07-18T14:50:00.000Z

http://torrentfreak.com/ubisofts-no-cd-answer-to-drm-080718/

Might help get some intrest. Also asked Bryony Benoy at Ubisoft for some infomation, nothing yet.