Ubisoft Pirates No-CD Crack?

dirtybeatfreak · 18 Jul 2008 at 17:54

lol what a joke ^^

AWPC · 18 Jul 2008 at 20:33

Not the first time Ubisoft have done this either. The UK retail version of Splinter Cell Double Agent contains the files needed to run it without the dvd in the drive after you have installed it.

They mistakenly left the nodvd files on the actual retail DVD!!

Slashiem · 18 Jul 2008 at 21:01

Haha good times, muppets!

~Slash

Tombo · 18 Jul 2008 at 21:18

AWPC said:
Not the first time Ubisoft have done this either. The UK retail version of Splinter Cell Double Agent contains the files needed to run it without the dvd in the drive after you have installed it.

They mistakenly left the nodvd files on the actual retail DVD!!

*checks SCDA disk*

Where?

masterluke · 18 Jul 2008 at 21:23

sirlemonhead said:
silly of Ubisoft, but stupid of people to think Reloaded have any say in this whatsoever.

It could be said that the Reloaded code in the .exe is probably owned by Reloaded and so the distribution of it by Ubisoft without permission is potentially not permitted

...although its a little hypocritical

Countcussy · 18 Jul 2008 at 21:42

Tombo said:
*checks SCDA disk*

Where?

In the Data1.cab file I believe. Not sure whether these still work for online multiplayer though.

AWPC · 18 Jul 2008 at 21:48

Countcussy said:
In the Data1.cab file I believe. Not sure whether these still work for online multiplayer though.

It is meant to work as the exe's are the digital versions but you still need a valid serial number.

Psyk · 19 Jul 2008 at 13:28

sirlemonhead said:
"The point is that in the United States, distributing illegal cracks for games is illegal, even if you own the copyright to the game. (That, and you stole someone else's work and called it your own, it's called PLAGIARISM)"

I don't get that. How can it be illegal even if you're the copyright holder? :confused:

If Ubisoft have authorised the use of this crack, then what makes it illegal? (apart from possibly infringing the copyright held by Reloaded, although I suspect it wouldn't be valid as they didn't have the right to make it in the first place)

Tute · 19 Jul 2008 at 13:33

I don't get it. The people who made the crack surely don't have a comeback as they were breaking the law in the first place.

I have to say though, good on Ubisoft for actually allowing a NO-CD crack with their game. I wish more games would run out of the box without having to have a stupid disk in the drive.

Dazzy_G · 19 Jul 2008 at 13:41

Is cracking actually breaking the law? or just the EULA?

im sure the big IP lawyers know all about this sort of thing... at work we need to be rather careful of what things we used from the internet.. code wise

lord filbuster · 19 Jul 2008 at 16:03

Violates the DMCA in america i think, so it is a criminal offence, even if you own the copyright. Not sure about in the UK though.

furnace · 19 Jul 2008 at 16:09

Dazzy_G said:
Is cracking actually breaking the law? or just the EULA?

im sure the big IP lawyers know all about this sort of thing... at work we need to be rather careful of what things we used from the internet.. code wise

Both, but supposedly a lot of EULAs are illegal as they attempt to strip you of legal rights. Think it was slashdot I was reading about that.

But yeah the cracks are copyrighted exe's - if the crack was in the form of a 'patch' I can't see what the legal problem would be? The only legal issue is because they're redistributing a copyrighted exe. Breaking an EULA isn't a criminal offence though.

Psyk · 19 Jul 2008 at 18:00

lord filbuster said:
Violates the DMCA in america i think, so it is a criminal offence, even if you own the copyright. Not sure about in the UK though.

Well if that is the law it's clearly a stupid one. If you are the copyright holder, surely you have the right to dictate what people can and can't do with your work? It's pretty stupid if it's illegal to bypass copy protection that you put there in the first place.

snowdog · 19 Jul 2008 at 18:12

LMAO losers

!

Tombo · 19 Jul 2008 at 18:15

Psyk said:
Well if that is the law it's clearly a stupid one. If you are the copyright holder, surely you have the right to dictate what people can and can't do with your work? It's pretty stupid if it's illegal to bypass copy protection that you put there in the first place.

They aren't bypassing it, they're stealing someone else's bypass, if they had bothered to do it themselves they would be fine.

FrostedNipple · 19 Jul 2008 at 19:06

fair play to ubisoft tbh, that could have asked permission anyway, secret back door deal!

stude1983 · 19 Jul 2008 at 19:09

ACESHIGH · 21 Jul 2008 at 11:06

Tute said:
I don't get it. The people who made the crack surely don't have a comeback as they were breaking the law in the first place.

I have to say though, good on Ubisoft for actually allowing a NO-CD crack with their game. I wish more games would run out of the box without having to have a stupid disk in the drive.

Ubisoft are very much against cracks though, and will delete or ban you for mentioning NOCD cracks in their forums even if it fixes their games with poor DRM implementation.

Its funny then that an Ubi employee saw fit to release a NOCD crack from a pirate group to fix a problem in one of their games.

Sweetloaf · 21 Jul 2008 at 11:32

To be honest, if I was Ubisoft I'd do exactly the same, why pay your own employees to do something that has already been done by someone who is stealing from you? Use their work and save time and effort, it's still their game.

Flammy · 21 Jul 2008 at 12:27

Sweetloaf said:
To be honest, if I was Ubisoft I'd do exactly the same, why pay your own employees to do something that has already been done by someone who is stealing from you? Use their work and save time and effort, it's still their game.

Exactly! The pirates have been nicking their stuff all this time, now its their turn for a little payback