Activision playing 'good cop' with Call of Duty: Black Ops pirates
Contrary to its approach to Modern Warfare 2's piracy, which was to seek arrests for anyone found selling illegal copies of the game, Activision is simply asking Black Ops pirates to cut it out, and quite politely it seems. VentureBeat has posted the story of one bootleg buyer who has uploaded a series of videos detailing being tracked down by the publisher's private investigators, IP Cybercrime, on YouTube. According to the article, rather than report individuals such as him to the police, IP the firm is requesting that they "stop selling and to tell them where they got their wares," adding that "Most of the pirates were scared, surrendered their game copies and cooperated."
That's not to say the investigators aren't willing to employ more serious methods in dealing with people who don't give in to the "good cop" approach. "One young pirate was being a 'wise ass' and adamantly refused to cooperate," VentureBeat reported. "So the investigators called his mother."
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/22/activision-playing-good-cop-with-call-of-duty-black-ops-pirat/#comments
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drewmaster17Posted:
i find this so funny, especially how people will think they can misuse the god cop!
KrimsonPosted:
Mikeeeeeeeeeeeeee Are you kidding me? My mom would laugh and hang up.yeah but then you will be gettin tha police or feds on yo a$$
ArrowPosted:
The good cop thing seems to be working. But lets just wait another week and see how nice they are when its leaked on the net. I heard lots of stores have the game now so it should be anytime until the wrong/right person gets their hands on it...
MMxWreckedPosted:
hahaha lol they called his mother
haha she probably threatened to kick him out the basement lmfao
that was so funny
haha she probably threatened to kick him out the basement lmfao
that was so funny
shadow1Posted:
good thing i wasn't in his spot. if my mom found out i dd that, i would get my 'ass' slapped into another nationality.
RexagonPosted:
ermmm, why exactly would a teenager resist the law? even when they are being nice! That guy must be on crack.
RedguardstolemehorsePosted:
you won't get rid of them by asking them nicely idiots ban them all and let real players play it bungie did the same and there game is still runing
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