Ubisoft steals no-cd crack to fix their own game

[silverpig]

Story @ /.

Thread @ ubisoft forums

cliffs:

Apparently people are having all sorts of copy protection errors with Vegas2. Ubisoft hasn't been able to fix them for most users, so some people with legal copies have resorted to using a no-dvd crack by the scene group RELOADED to get around the copy protection so they can play their game. Ubisoft has banned users from discussing the no-dvd crack on their forums, even banning some users apparently.

So now ubisoft released a patch to fix the game. Someone opened it up in a hex editor and noticed they stole, renamed, and distributed RELOADED's no-dvd crack and passed it off as their own patch.

LOL

If this is in the wrong forum, whatever.

 

[dartworth]

LOL...

 

[Colt45]

awesome.

 

[buck]

:laugh:

 

[Slick5150]

Yeah, I saw this earlier today. Amazing that these software publishers don't realize that all their fricking copy protection does is penalize legitimate users, while those who would pirate teh game anyways just don't have to deal with that stuff.

 

[JD50]

Haha, awesome.

 

[LtPage1]

It'd be too much to hope for for game publishers to learn something from this experience.

 

[spaceghost21]

I admit it is kind of funny but I am getting really sick of hearing about it.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

hypocrites
f'ing hypocrites

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: spaceghost21
I admit it is kind of funny but I am getting really sick of hearing about it.

No one made you click on the thread...

 

[BUTCH1]

Originally posted by: LtPage1
It'd be too much to hope for for game publishers to learn something from this experience.

Ubisoft did actually remove the "Starforce" protection from some of it's games due
to customer complaints...

 

[Baked]

If you ain't cheatin', you're not tryin'.

 

[Kev]

Ironic that the pirates are bitching about having THEIR software stolen.

 

[ForumMaster]

:laugh: that's rich. ubi sucks.

 

[Saint Michael]

Originally posted by: Kev
Ironic that the pirates are bitching about having THEIR software stolen.

Where does it say that RELOADED is bitching about this?

 

[Special K]

Haha, that's great. It just goes to show that most of these anti-piracy measures only hurt the people who actually buy the product. The pirates always find a way around them.

 

[Nitemare]

Stealing from pirates...


Arrrrr......

 

[Braznor]

rofl

 

[Exterous]

Wow 194,711 views of that thread and counting.....

 

[StevenYoo]

Originally posted by: Saint Michael

Originally posted by: Kev
Ironic that the pirates are bitching about having THEIR software stolen.

Where does it say that RELOADED is bitching about this?

yeah seriously.

this is awesome for them

 

[Double Trouble]

What would be funny is if RELOADED hired a lawyer and went after UBI for copyright infringement, asking for the same ridiculous compensation as the RIAA, BSA, and MPAA always demand. Lets see, that's $180,000 per copy of our program distributed, here is the invoice for $38,024,0632,123 -- we take credit cards

 

[imported_Imp]

Originally posted by: Double Trouble
What would be funny is if RELOADED hired a lawyer and went after UBI for copyright infringement, asking for the same ridiculous compensation as the RIAA, BSA, and MPAA always demand. Lets see, that's $180,000 per copy of our program distributed, here is the invoice for $38,024,0632,123 -- we take credit cards

Now that would be hilarious and deserved.

 

[RandomFool]

Originally posted by: Double Trouble
What would be funny is if RELOADED hired a lawyer and went after UBI for copyright infringement, asking for the same ridiculous compensation as the RIAA, BSA, and MPAA always demand. Lets see, that's $180,000 per copy of our program distributed, here is the invoice for $38,024,0632,123 -- we take credit cards

But it's not their program in the first place...

 

[sniperruff]

who cares all those people on the forums will just fork over $50 for their newest latest game again when it comes out.

everyone's a bit of a hypocrite anyway.

 

[TanisHalfElven]

Originally posted by: RandomFool

Originally posted by: Double Trouble
What would be funny is if RELOADED hired a lawyer and went after UBI for copyright infringement, asking for the same ridiculous compensation as the RIAA, BSA, and MPAA always demand. Lets see, that's $180,000 per copy of our program distributed, here is the invoice for $38,024,0632,123 -- we take credit cards

But it's not their program in the first place...

ah but the crack is theres