Overclock.net - Overclocking.net
     
 
Home Gallery Reviews Blogs Register Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Members List


Go Back   Overclock.net - Overclocking.net > Video Games > Video Games - General

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 10-28-06   #1 (permalink)
Lord of the Chicken Wings
 
VulcanDragon's Avatar
 
intel nvidia

Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Columbus, OH
Posts: 6,318
Blog Entries: 39

FAQs Submitted: 1
Trader Rating: 1
Post Reminder about Software Piracy

As a friendly reminder, discussion of stealing copyrighted material (i.e., piracy) is against the Overclock.Net terms of service. What constitutes "piracy" may not be clear to everyone; but from this site's perspective, the line is very clear: anything that is a violation of the law, whether you believe that the law if just, fair, or whatever, is a violation of the ToS.

There was a thread in the Windows forum a few months ago that gave some specific examples of what is considered piracy. I encourage everyone to read that thread. For convenience's sake, I have also lifted and slightly modified BFRD's examples from that post, putting a slight gaming-specific perspective where appropriate.

A non-exhaustive list of things that should not be discussed:
  • Any software that disables copy protection and/or disc encryption. This includes any sort of no-cd or other crack program for games and DVD copying software. The Digital Millenium Copyright Act of 2001 explicitly outlaws these types of programs.
  • Any discussion of software that invalidates Shareware/Trialware restrictions.
  • Offering to PM a member a serial number or crack, or asking for same.
  • Any unauthorized use of corporate software.
  • Using BitTorrent or other P2P networks to optain copyrighted software, music, movies, etc.
  • Downloading any copyrighted media (games, music, movies, whatever) without the artist's permission.
Two gaming specific notes about that last bullet:
  • It includes game ROMs used by emulators, downloading ROMs over the internet is illegal. Note however that the emulators themselves are perfectly legal, since they are independently developed software. So you can talk about emulators, just don't talk about acquiring ROMs.
  • It also includes old games. There is no legal concept of "abandonware" despite what you may have seen on web sites devoted to the subject. Unless the original copyright holder explicitly permits redistribution of the old software as "freeware" or, less likely, public domain software, then it remains subject to copyright law.
By making sure we keep the site free of potentially illegal discussion, we can ensure that Overclock.Net is here for us to enjoy for a long time to come. Thanks everyone.
__________________
Vulcan Dragon
Core i7 920 @ 3.7 GHz
Currently Playing: Galactic Civilizations II (PC); Call of Duty 4 (PC); Halo 3:ODST (X360); Rock Band: Metallica (X360); Dead Rising (X360); Mafia Wars (Facebook...DOH!!!!)
XBox Live Gamertag: Vulcan Draggon

System: Vulcan's Core i7
CPU
Core i7 920 @ 3.7 GHz
Motherboard
Asus P6T Deluxe
Memory
6GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1333
Graphics Card
EVGA GTX 260 (216)
Hard Drive
300GB Velociraptor C:, 2TB total
Power Supply
ThermalTake 850W
Case
Lian Li PC-6077
CPU cooling
TRUE 120
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
Monitor
Gateway FHD2400
VulcanDragon is offline Overclocked Account   Reply With Quote
Old 10-28-06   #2 (permalink)
Intel Overclocker
 
cgrado's Avatar
 
intel nvidia

Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Sugar Land, Texas
Posts: 4,992

Rep: 232 cgrado is acknowledged by manycgrado is acknowledged by manycgrado is acknowledged by many
Unique Rep: 177
FAQs Submitted: 1
Hardware Reviews: 1
Trader Rating: 1
Default

cool.. i'll watch out for those bad people and keep my mouth shut as well.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by TwIsTeDbOi View Post
What's next, banning mirrors because, oh no god forbid, if we see ourselves naked we're gunna be traumatized?
I'm like the inquirer, take everything i say with a grain of salt.
SLi Zone PSU listing- check to see if your PSU is SLi certified.
BF2 stats BF2142 stats
My Guide to BF2 Unlocks

System: Immortal
CPU
E6600 44G 3.240GHz
Motherboard
Asus P5B-deluxe
Memory
2GB PQIturbomem 667(800mhzballistix soon)
Graphics Card
eVGA 8800GT (650/950)
Hard Drive
1x 400GB Seagate 7200rpm/16mb cache
Sound Card
X-fi Xtremegamer
Power Supply
610w PCP&C silencer
Case
TTArmor w/side fan
CPU cooling
Custom Watercooling
GPU cooling
Stock EVGA
OS
Windows XP Home/Ubuntu
Monitor
NEC MultiSync LCD1970GX
cgrado is offline cgrado's Gallery   Reply With Quote
Old 10-29-06   #3 (permalink)
<3 Music
 
Sin100's Avatar
 
amd ati

Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: England
Posts: 4,413

FAQs Submitted: 1
Hardware Reviews: 6
Trader Rating: 3
Default

Yea good reminder and strong message, i remembered that all content posted on here belongs to overclock.net, so piracy talk could equal admin getting into big trouble!
__________________
Counter Strike Source OCN Server = 66.150.214.50:27015

COD4 OCN Server = 208.167.251.231:28960


System: Th3 Rig!
CPU
Athlon 64 4600+ X2
Motherboard
Biostar Cheap
Memory
2Gig DDR2
Graphics Card
XFX HD4830
Hard Drive
500GB SATA + 250GB SATA
Sound Card
Creative Audigy Sound Blaster
Power Supply
Hiper Type-R 580W
Case
Aspire X-Infinity
CPU cooling
Some Cheap Cooler (My BT wont fit my MAXT mobo:( )
GPU cooling
Stock
OS
Win XP Pro
Monitor
23" Samsung 2333HD (Widescreen)
Sin100 is offline Overclocked Account Sin100's Gallery   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:40 AM.


Overclock.net is a Carbon Neutral Site Creative Commons License

Terms of Service / Forum Rules | Privacy Policy | DMCA Info | Advertising | Become an Official Vendor
Copyright © 2009 Shogun Interactive Development. Most rights reserved.
Page generated in 0.10112 seconds with 8 queries