Japan perfects DRM! Humiliates you instead of suing you - Games

Just when I didn't imagine Japan doing anything else so crazy is awesome...this just happens. [url]http://www.destructoid.com/drm-we-can-back-humiliating-pirates-for-fun-and-profit-169383.phtml[/url] [quote]A fake trojan has been released online, hiding within a fake installer for Cross Days. Once installed, the trojan will then gather data from the pirate's computer and poses a fake survey for the player to fill out. Once the survey is done and the program is finished gathering data, everything is posted to a public Web site, alongside a screenshot of the "victim's" desktop. [/quote] Now, all "this seems slightly illegal" stuff aside, that is fucking great. Want to see where the screenshots are posted? [url]http://blog.livedoor.jp/insidears/archives/52256874.html[/url] Very NSFW.

I don't know what the fuck I'm looking at in that blog lol.

Genius.

yea massive violation of the rights to privacy that's hilarious! lets see: -Mining user data without their knowledge -Posting user data without their consent -Posting user's desktop without their consent I don't like piracy either, but this is not the right way to prevent it. This will just end up pissing off a lot of people.

Is that from the official developers or is it a 3rd party virus?

There's a picture of some guy looking up nonhuman text porn. :geno:

And we thought Ubisoft DRM was bad.

[QUOTE=Foda;21063582]yea massive violation of the rights to privacy that's hilarious! lets see: -Mining user data without their knowledge -Posting user data without their consent -Posting user's desktop without their consent I don't like piracy either, but this is not the right way to prevent it. This will just end up pissing off a lot of people.[/QUOTE] yeah and the downloader totally cares about the law knowing hes illegally downloading content that should normally be paid for shut up

[QUOTE=Foda;21063582]yea massive violation of the rights to privacy that's hilarious! lets see: -Mining user data without their knowledge -Posting user data without their consent -Posting user's desktop without their consent I don't like piracy either, but this is not the right way to prevent it. This will just end up pissing off a lot of people.[/QUOTE] Except to have this done to you, you have to break the law. So this is a crime in the same way that something like barbed wire is a crime. Yes it'll piss off a lot of people. who will be pirates.

Greatest DRM ever. Fuck you pirates.

Just wait until they do this to the Prime Minister :smug:

And why exactly is that humiliating? Except of course that you pirate.

[img]http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/insidears/imgs/6/8/68a84dd4-s.jpg[/img]

I had an idea for something like this except it would destroy your computer beyond repair and something heavy would fly through your monitor and hit you in the face.

[QUOTE=ZestyLemons;21064171]Greatest DRM ever. Fuck you pirates.[/QUOTE] Yeah, because every pirate is some evil thief; never people who want to try out games with out trials/demos or want to enjoy something they can't afford (like me) or fuck me; refuse to pay for bullshit DRM ridden ass like Assassin's Creed 2 (which I plan to get on xbox)

Except I doubt anything coded could destroy a computer, thinking anything like that is just moronic.

[QUOTE=Legend286;21064464]Except I doubt anything coded could destroy a computer, thinking anything like that is just moronic.[/QUOTE] I can dream, can't I? :saddowns:

[QUOTE=Zeraux;21064293]And why exactly is that humiliating? Except of course that you pirate.[/QUOTE] It's Japan, the culture is a bit different there. [editline]10:50PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Legend286;21064464]Except I doubt anything coded could destroy a computer, thinking anything like that is just moronic.[/QUOTE] Well, couldn't you switch the thermal protection off from CPU and GPU, then just pump up the voltages.

[QUOTE=Foda;21063582]yea massive violation of the rights to privacy that's hilarious! lets see: -Mining user data without their knowledge -Posting user data without their consent -Posting user's desktop without their consent I don't like piracy either, but this is not the right way to prevent it. This will just end up pissing off a lot of people.[/QUOTE] - Downloading company data without their knowledge - Playing with said data without their consent - Bragging about it on the internet An eye for an eye... :v:

[QUOTE=doommarine23;21064461][QUOTE=ZestyLemons;21064171]Greatest DRM ever. Fuck you pirates.[/QUOTE] Yeah, because every pirate is some evil thief; never people who want to try out games with out trials/demos or want to enjoy something they can't afford (like me) or fuck me; refuse to pay for bullshit DRM ridden ass like Assassin's Creed 2 (which I plan to get on xbox)[/QUOte] what are you doing?

Well, even though it's probably illegal, there is now at least one DRM that does what it should: annoying the pirates instead of the customers...

[QUOTE=Mr.Ordbert;21064553]what are you doing?[/QUOTE] What the hell do you even mean

How exactly will it stop people from getting the real game and putting it on the internet?

Best idea ever. Plus, it's perfectly legal since apparently all of that stuff is covered in the program's TOS!

[QUOTE=crazysack;21064360][img]http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/insidears/imgs/6/8/68a84dd4-s.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Pirates use IE?

[QUOTE=emPiRe14;21064619]How exactly will it stop people from getting the real game and putting it on the internet?[/QUOTE] It won't, but it's probably hard to see the difference between the real one and the infected one.

[QUOTE=postmanX3;21064626]Best idea ever. Plus, it's perfectly legal since apparently all of that stuff is covered in the program's TOS![/QUOTE] Haha, sneaking that into the ToS would be epic. Is it a clause that says something along the lines of 'if you did not pay for this software you will be subjected to .....'?

[QUOTE=Technopath;21064534]- Downloading company data without their knowledge - Playing with said data without their consent - Bragging about it on the internet An eye for an eye... :v:[/QUOTE] Derp, bragging about it on the internet? No pirate would brag about it on the internet unless they're like that one retard who posted his address ect. Also how does this prevent people from uploading the shit? IT isn't the fact you download it, it's the fact people uploaded it. also way to go, no one will fucking download it anymore once the word gets out. other sties who have a fucking smart way of handling pirating shit won't even get this. so basically, it's someone who wasted their time. do what sony did. find the person who first jailbreaked the psp and sue him for how much to lost it for. lolol

[QUOTE=doommarine23;21064461]Yeah, because every pirate is some evil thief; never people who want to try out games with out trials/demos or want to enjoy something they can't afford (like me) or fuck me; refuse to pay for bullshit DRM ridden ass like Assassin's Creed 2 (which I plan to get on xbox)[/QUOTE] naturally, so because you just want to try it it's fine for you to break the law right?

I wonder how this will work out for people who own the game but the disc got scratched up so they download it and get hit with this even though they are legally allowed to download it since they own it.