Just something I was thinking about, and it may have been discussed at some point with all the other things we have talked about...
I'm all for a private server. I don't see anything wrong with it, since it wouldn't be for making money, and the owner isn't doing anything with it. Through all of this though, NCSoft are painted as the bad guys, and why shouldn't we screw over the bad guys? Except... has anyone asked Posi, or the other devs how THEY feel about a group reverse engineering and putting out a private server of their work? NCSoft may own the rights, but the Devs are the ones who put their lives into the game we love. If Posi came out and said he REALLY doesn't want a reverse engineered private server, would that have any impact on those efforts?
Just one of those random thoughts I had.
interesting.
Although usually the point is not to screw over the bad guys but to prevent them from doing crime or else it's just a bad guy screwing over a bad guy which in the end still makes two bad guys.
If a person breaks into a house and steals, the first instinct might be to go to their house and steal their stuff. But what it boils down in law is it's merely two criminals stealing stuff. In the comic world, this can be praised as a heroic act. In the real world, both are the same type of criminal. The Mob (second version, the Black Hand (Mustache Petes) era of the Mob was a different story) genrally kept their activities shooting robbing extrotng each other. Yet, they still were considered criminals even though they probably was doing the world a favor by eliminating other criminals. St Val. day massacre, only mobsters were murked, criminals, theives, murderers, yet Capone and his crew were nto considered heroes. They were considered the same type of criminals as the ones they mowed down in that warehouse even though he (his organization) was know to give to charities, ran soup kitchens, more soup kitchens than the government offered, and fed countless hungry people. Yet and still, he was considered a mobster criminal that was targeted by the DA. If an act si wrong, it's wrong even if done to bad guys. Not saying the server thing is as it seems a lot about HOW it's done. Going back to the house thief. Many times, a person dont report stuff that is stolen, does that mean it isnt stolen? And sometimes people report stuff stolen that wasnt stolen, does it mean the thief automatically took it because they are a criminal and someone want to screw them over? I dont think so in either case.
Although it's easier to get away with screwing over a bad guy than an upstanding citizen but it must be done in a realm where the bad guy is considered a bad guy. Even with the mob, pinch the wrong guy and you might get a free pair of cement shoes while they dont care about the pinching of another guy. In some organizations, as long as you didnt pinch a made guy without being made yourself, you was ok, but in other organizations pinch anyone without the say so, you're a bad guy, even if the person deserved it, end up at the bottom of a lake or worse.
But the mob got away with lot of stuff because they knew the system and knew their way around. If someone want to get away with this server thing, again depending on how they do it, then it's easy. Know what, and be
honest, about what you can get away with. If there is uncertaintly, then more recon needs to be done
Copyright excemption-"This exemption encompasses instructional activities relating to a wide variety of subjects, but it does not include performances for
recreation or entertainment purposes , even if there is cultural value or intellectual appeal."
And of course more stuff. Know the law find the loopholes. But cant find loopholes if one does not know the law.
Oh and do it fast as possible because tougher more in depth laws are coming down the pipe.