12,000 Earth 2160 charges

[Ne007]

p2pnet / p2p News:- Heise online is reporting that thousands of charges against P2P users, who have downloaded and shared the PC game Earth 2160, are being filed in Karlsruhe, Germany. A Swiss anti-piracy company called Logistep has been contracted to track down file sharers.

Logistep describes itself as a “full service provider” and also handles legal prosecution. Zuxxez Entertainment AG is selling the game in Germany and their CEO, Dirk P. Hassinger has confirmed that they are working with Logistep. "We are losing a tremendous amount of revenue from downloads of our software in P2P networks. It's too much." It is already clear "that this campaign has born fruit: Earth 2160 has basically disappeared from P2P networks, and sales now remain very satisfactory.", said Dirk.

A cracked version of Earth 2160 was released on September 6 and can currently be found on Newsgroups, BitTorrent trackers, eDonkey2k and other P2P networks. Dirk Hassinger’s claim that this game can no longer be found on P2P networks is clearly incorrect and his claim that sales are now satisfactory, since Earth 2160 disappeared from P2P networks, is bizarre.

For starters, his analysis is flawed because the game can still be found on several P2P networks. In addition to that, a cracked version of the game first appeared online yesterday. Two days is hardly enough time to analyze the possible effect illegal downloads have had on sales.

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Heise online has also reported that a criminal investigator has disclosed that the information provided by Logistep does not disclose the methods used to collect data and as a result, it’s not always possible to confirm that the timestamp is correct.

Read the complete article (http://www.zeropaid.com/news/5684/+12%2C000+Earth+2160+charges/)

[Krell]

I just found 28 results on isohunt alone.




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[DwarfBaby]

Yep 8 different copies on Newsgroups right now.

I'm also going to save Logistep the trouble of having to track me down. So I DwarfBaby am in fact downloading the game "stated above" from the newsgroup alt.binaries.boneless. I also intend to play the game. If it is any good maybe all buy it but probably not. Come and get me.

[shawners]

i download all my xbox games.. It sucks playing some of these and knowing that many people have thrown money away on games that are just horrible.

[.:sp00ky:.]

07.09.2005 EARTH.2160.PROPER-DEViANCE [dl] 919.39 MB
07.09.2005 Earth.2160.KeyGen-Paradox [dl] 22 KB
06.09.2005 Earth_2160_Registration_Fix-TNT [dl] 12.35 KB
06.09.2005 Earth_2160_Region_Fix-TNT [dl] 9.28 MB
06.09.2005 Earth_2160_DVD [dl] 934.73 MB

"Earth 2160 has basically disappeared from P2P networks"
yup...


EDIT:This game looks pretty good think i might download it, thanks for the ad ^___^

[DwarfBaby]

Strange it's not on Amazon.com yet. Or a number of other online sites.

Maybe they should work on their distribution channel before they start suing file sharers.

[Vampmon]

I dont download games, i think its a waste.

[DwarfBaby]

It looks like if Command and Conquer and Warcraft had a baby. The 3D battle view is pretty cool and the graphics are good but I’m still trying to figure out the controls. I don’t think I’ll be spending much time on this one, though. Command and Conquer style games stopped being fun for me about 8 years ago but to each his own. At least I didn’t spend $50 bucks to realize it’s not something I’d play. I think all games should have a free demo or something so you know if want it or not. Kind of like a test drive. Maybe more people would buy it.

[transduction]

Downloading games is a bit more difficult for me than downloading movies. You need the right software and stuff. I tried getting some games for my Dreamcast. They were CDI self extractable format but when I burned them to disk and put them in the DC it didn't work. For me it is easier to just wait until the games drop in price and then buy them 50.00 games today will be 19.99 in six months. Its a matter of patience

The same for consoles. I'm not rushing out to buy the PS3 or Xbox 360. I probably won't buy those systems until 2007 minimum. I still haven't beaten all the games I want on Dreamcast and PS2 yet.

[DwarfBaby]

I need a modchip otherwise they won't work

[shawners]

Deviance ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀

· ─ ─·-────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───────────────-·─ ─ ·

EARTH 2160 (c) Reality Pump *PROPER*

· ─ ─·-────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───────────────-·─ ─ ·
Disc.count.....: 1 DVD Date...........: 09/2005
Protection.....: Activation + Location check
· ─ ─·-────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───────────────-·─ ─ ·


Game features:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EARTH 2160 is the official sequel of the award winning, very popular
and top selling EARTH series and continues the brand of Earth 2140 and
Earth 2150. Only a few thousand humans managed to escape from the Earth
before its collapse in 2150 A.D. They spent the next few years on the
terra forming of the red planet, developing new technologies and
building up new civilisations. Somehow each of the three fractions
"Eurasian Dynasty", "United Civilised States" and "Lunar Corporation"
did this independently and separately from each other - but in the year
2160 something strange happens in this new world. If ED, UCS and LC
join forces or continue their old war against each other - is possibly
now, up to the player.


Install notes:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1) Unrar
2) Burn or mount
3) Install
4) Copy the ____from the DEViANCE dir on the DVD into game dir
5) Start the game using this serial:
6) Phone activate using the keygen from the DEViANCE dir on the DVD
7) Play


Proper notes:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[NUKED] Earth_2160_DVD [reason: not working]
First they didn't find out that the phone activation code is made by
the used hardware. None of their keys work, even in the nfo fix! Second
they forgot to test it on PCs that use different languages. We did and
found out that there is a location check. Our release works on all
languages, enjoy!


Deviance released the NFO with it.. Its on the net and getting downloaded vast amounts of time.

[Stownplayer]

Been playing my cracked version for a few days now. Can still be found where i downloaded it from.

[Digital Bliss]

Game looks tarded anywayz but ill dl just to piss em off

[ferrarimodena360]

i think the warez discussion thread should be closed

peace

[ja5o17]

i c no serial