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chinnyhill10
 Post subject: £16,000 For "sharing" Pinball Dreams
PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:57 
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To the BBC News O'Tron:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7568642.stm

Woman fined lots of money for "sharing" a shonky pinball game. Perhaps the people who created Pinball Dreams should sue them for nicking their name? It's akin to opening up a burger bar with the name of King Burger or Donalds Mc.

Naturally they are an evil American company. So I need not worry that much about the C90 I knocked off for a friend of mine in 1990.... I hope......
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Dudley
 Post subject: Re: £16,000 For "sharing" Pinball Dreams
PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:35 

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She wasn't fined, she was ordered to pay them, there's an enormous legal difference.

It's actually a very low figure, puts a bullet in the claims of billions of pounds damages per incident. Especially as only £6k was actually damages.

Edit : Oh, several thousand copies of this game in popular locations. Shocking.
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GazChap
 Post subject: Re: £16,000 For "sharing" Pinball Dreams
PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:27 
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In the letters the company asked for a payment of about £300 as a "settlement" figure that would head off further legal action.

Is this a usual practice? I guess it is, but it sounds an awful lot like blackmail to me really.
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Cras
 Post subject: Re: £16,000 For "sharing" Pinball Dreams
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It's just like a parking ticket being cheaper if you pay up pronto rather than taking the time to contest it.

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 Post subject: Re: £16,000 For "sharing" Pinball Dreams
PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:19 
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It's just like a parking ticket being cheaper if you pay up pronto rather than taking the time to contest it.


I think someone was challenging that practice on blackmail grounds.

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GazChap
 Post subject: Re: £16,000 For "sharing" Pinball Dreams
PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:49 
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Yeah, it's basically a "you're innocent until proven guilty, but if you accept guilt without us having to supply you with a shred of evidence, we'll let you pay less" scam IMO.
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