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.
Read the Rest: 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.
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