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Selling pirated discs of games - What can I do?
- Thread starter PacoDG
- Start date
Joseph Merrick
Member
don't copy that floppy
red shoe paul
Banned
Pepto said:You could stop snitching.
100% agree. Snitching should be a bannable offense.
You could report it to Nintendo if you want.
- http://ap.nintendo.com/report/
- piracyscene@noa.nintendo.com
- 1-800-255-3700
BattleMonkey
Member
These people are at tons of cons, most convention runners don't give a damn unless a rights holder is attending. Even the big conventions have shit like this, and lots of sellers selling bootleg videos. It's not up to the convention to keep track of copyrights and such, so unless someone with any power shows up, no one cares.
Not to defend this, but aren't things like artwork, plushies, t-shirts, and CDs of covers of game music infringing on copyright as well? These things take up most of the booths I've seen at conventions. Not exactly the same thing, I know; all those things actually take effort to make, whereas throwing a bunch of roms on a CD takes like a minute. But my point is, if one copyright lawyer winds up in there over the guy selling stuff, it'll probably end in everyone getting shut down.
guggnichso
Banned
Just pee on his cash register and call it a day.
Human pee = best pirate repellent there is.
Human pee = best pirate repellent there is.
will123456
Member
shuri said:
:lol :lol :lol
But seriously you should tell the cops. They probably won't do anything about it but it's worth a shot.
CultureClearance
Banned
POWERSPHERE said:
Not sure if you were joking or not, but I agree. Just because something becomes rampant doesn't make it ok, nor does it make it ignorable.
I'd rather have 99 pirates than 100. I'd rather have 999,999 pirates than a million...especially ones that profit off of it.
AzureNightmare
Banned
Contact Nintendo. They take this stuff very seriously. Also contact the ESA.
Metal Gear?!
Member
Make your own copies, sell them for $20 each. When he lowers his price, lower yours accordingly. Eventually you will make it not worth his time to be there and he'll be stuck with a ton of inventory. Without copyright protection there's nothing he can do.
riskVSreward
Member
Knock over some magazine racks? Or be a big snitch.
larvi said:
now that's a dick move. If you're going to pirate in your own home, okay I don't AGREE with it, but I'm not going to go out of my way to try and fuck you.
You do it out in the open, at a public event, and try to profit off it? I would go out of my way to put a stop to it. Contact the event administrators? There has to be a website for the event? With contact information?
NARC!
Were they selling NARC in the NES bundle as well?
Not that it even matters though. Bastards like that deserve to get caught.
And yeah, the responses in this thread speak for themselves I think.
But as experienced before, it might be better not even to speak about such observations. :-/
Were they selling NARC in the NES bundle as well?
Not that it even matters though. Bastards like that deserve to get caught.
And yeah, the responses in this thread speak for themselves I think.
But as experienced before, it might be better not even to speak about such observations. :-/
ALeperMessiah
Member
are NES and SNES games even covered by patents anymore? I know the patents expired for the hardware.
KevinCow said:
People are just joking.
The police and copyright holders would never bother with such a small scale operation. Hell, they don't even bother with the Pacific Mall in Toronto, and it's a pretty huge operation.
If you call Nintendo or the cops about this, they'll just respond with "lol, k".
Yeah, if it really concerned me I'd go for what others suggested.
1) Buy one of each disc he is selling;
2) Get a laptop/dekstop with a fast burner and a pile of blanks;
3) Setup a mock stand right next to his (or in front);
4) Start burning the games and offer them by 75%-50% his current price;
5) Adjust your price to always remain lower than his as soon as he does it.
6) If he complains, just tell him you have as much right of sell the roms as he has (aka: none).
1) Buy one of each disc he is selling;
2) Get a laptop/dekstop with a fast burner and a pile of blanks;
3) Setup a mock stand right next to his (or in front);
4) Start burning the games and offer them by 75%-50% his current price;
5) Adjust your price to always remain lower than his as soon as he does it.
6) If he complains, just tell him you have as much right of sell the roms as he has (aka: none).
Patents != copyrights. Copyrights run over 75 years or something like that. The patents on the NES itself has lifted, and anyone can build NES-compatible consoles and carts, but the games themselves are still protected.ALeperMessiah said:
CultureClearance
Banned
TheExodu5 said:
Yeah, and that's fine...i guess. Doesn't mean you don't at least put your part into it. It's not like it takes more than 5 minutes to make a phone call. It would put you at ease and would be worth it just for that.
Digital-Hero
Member
Call...
He is looking for something to do.
He is looking for something to do.
mario ate my burger
Banned
:lolnewsguy said:
Like the hat?
Banned
i don't understand why people are insulting/attacking the op. i thought people on gaf were against piracy?
PetriP-TNT
Member
that smiley just kills me! nicely done!Pepto said:You could stop snitching.
actually just contact the event organizers
quinntendopower
Banned
if there is one company i dont care about losing money to piracy, it's nintendo.
considering they offer very little in terms of true fan service, screw em
considering they offer very little in terms of true fan service, screw em
bigdaddygamebot
Member
TheExodu5 said:
That fuckin' place is like Tortuga from Pirates of the Caribbean. I think I got shiv'd there once...
bigdaddygamebot
Member
Francinium said:
Battling willful ignorance is never "pretty dumb".
Night_Trekker
Member
quinntendopower said:
wooooooow
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
larvi said:
The only right answer here.
mario ate my burger
Banned
BGBW said:
Naff off! :lol
