BF2S Forums Crackdown on web game sharing

BBC wrote:

The company behind the computer game Dream Pinball 3D is taking 100 British people to court for allegedly uploading the game to file sharing sites.

Lawyers working for the gaming industry have told Newsbeat to expect thousands more cases before the end of the year.

UK law firm Davenport Lyons is taking action for Topware Interactive, the US firm which produces Dream Pinball 3D.

Nintendo's Dream Pinball 3D
More games are being illegally shared as connections speed up
The man in charge of the case, David Gore, said: "There is no difference between stealing a DVD from a high street retailer and downloading it from a peer-to-peer network.



The Central London County Court has already ordered four file sharers to pay damages of £750 each in the case, although that figure could rise as high as £3,500 once costs are taken into account.

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