PB question??

by aeq • 24 Mar 2008, 11:35 • Journals
Cant PB sue nC? Im not a law student but if been thinking about this for a sec and nC clearly damaged PB imo?

Any lawstudents here?
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shepherd 24 Mar 2008, 11:36
Yes they can afaik. Hope PB goes that far...
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OVER9000BPM 24 Mar 2008, 11:37
mmh dont actually know that, but i guess they couldent cause nC just exploited a bug of pb
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kashu 24 Mar 2008, 11:37
They can only blame themselves tbh. Their gamehack detection system sucks ass.
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Sainted 24 Mar 2008, 11:38
Well if nC is a registered organization in some non third world country I guess its possible - otherwise it will be quite hard to get hold of those really responsible. (Not a law student either btw) - its also hard to prove nC guilty of anything though
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dejx 24 Mar 2008, 11:39
second that, but they probably aren't registered
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M T M 24 Mar 2008, 11:40
But if they aren't registered, isn't it illegal to sell hacks then? :D
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Sainted 24 Mar 2008, 11:41
Depends on how much they earn from it, here in the Netherlands for example you can earn a few thousand euros "black money" a year legally I think.
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M T M 24 Mar 2008, 11:42
Ye but somehow I'm quite sure they earn more than the limit of the "black money".

EDIT: At least in Finland it's not legal to earn even a single coin of black money.
Though there's a limit of taxfree money untill some point.
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Sainted 24 Mar 2008, 11:45
Well, its on a per person basis, and I don't know how the money is spread inside netcoders
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dejx 24 Mar 2008, 11:45
was thinking the same, i think its possible to earn some money like Sainted said with copyright contract, but dunno how much and ofc it depends in which country do you live
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Domi 24 Mar 2008, 11:55
'look on their website they claim they did
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dejx 24 Mar 2008, 11:56
afaik you need a reason to register an organization, making hax for computer games sounds kinda funny to me
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snew 24 Mar 2008, 11:38
No they can't.
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Lazio 24 Mar 2008, 11:40
Dont think they rly did anything illegal with the last thing.
They just pasted some text ... as far as i know thats still legal, pb just shouldnt have been THAT stupid. (still cant believe they used that as anti-cheat)
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Deactivated6046 24 Mar 2008, 11:41
they can't since they haven't hacked pb.
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Sainted 24 Mar 2008, 11:48
But they have found a way to interact with the program in a way which affected their "customers", not a really serious offense but with a good lawyer PB could be able to get something out of it, not enough to make it worth the lawyer probably.
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Mulukkv 24 Mar 2008, 11:49
Just go in america
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Reky 24 Mar 2008, 11:56
im pretty sure no one here is a graduate in Crime Law ^_^ useless journal
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Arachon 24 Mar 2008, 12:05
I'm pretty sure someone amongst the crossfire members are studying law.
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yellowpowerranger 24 Mar 2008, 12:08
comment by some law student (me ofc): depends on where the server of nc is located, i guess in the US and unfortunately i dont know a lot about US legislation. I will look up in my proper legislation if there are any articles that say something about breach of contract or smth like this

edit 1:
ok i found something:
PB can apply principle "action de in rem verso": no one can enrich at the expense of others. In this case nC would have to indemnify PB and stop producing hacks since they make money by violating PB-Contract.
I will search some articles. Just wait a bit

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i found the articles corrsponding to this problem:
articles 1376, 1378, 1379 (not sure about 78 and 79) 1382-1384 of civil law say that whoever causing a damage to someone other has to indemnify the other one. Includes breach of contract.
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