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Tecmo Cracks Down on Website for Modifying Ninja Gaiden and DOA Series
>> More news about the shutdown of ninjahacker.net (an online forum dedicated to creating custom content and modifications for Ninja Gaiden and the DOA Xbox games) has been released.
From Yahoo!Biz:
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Leading third-party video game publisher Tecmo announced today that they have commenced a lawsuit in federal court in Chicago against the members of an Internet message board dedicated to hacking some of the most popular video games available, including Tecmo's Ninja Gaiden, Dead or Alive 3, Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball and Dead or Alive Ultimate, all available for the Xbox video game system from Microsoft. The Complaint alleges that the defendants, including website administrators Mike Greiling from Eden Prairie, Minn., and Will Glynn from Davie, Fla., as well as a number of as yet unidentified individuals, are responsible for creating, hosting and contributing content to a forum created to foster and facilitate the knowing infringement of Tecmo's proprietary software for its video game titles. Tecmo has pursued and will continue to conduct a widespread investigation to find and identify all offenders in this case.
John Inada, General Manager for Tecmo, said "Hacking of this kind will not be tolerated and we intend to take all necessary measures to protect our intellectual property."
Tecmo charges defendants with, among other things, copyright infringement, circumventing copyright protection systems in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and passing off and unfair competition in violation of both federal copyright law and the laws of the State of Illinois. Tecmo seeks injunctive relief against defendants, as well as recovery of damages for infringement and willful infringement under the Copyright Act.
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Read the whole article on Yahoo.com
Slashdot about the story:
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This Reuters report on CNet states that Tecmo has filed a federal lawsuit in Chicago under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act accusing the site owners and perhaps some users of game hacking site www.ninjahacker.net (now offline) of knowingly infringing on their game software. This should be another interesting test of the DMCA and just how far it can be pushed to restrict what end users can do with/to their software purchases. This might ultimately affect the legality of cheat devices like the Game Shark and even the mere sharing of cheats or exploits.
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