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Message: <blockquote data-quote="woodelf" data-source="post: 1550324" data-attributes="member: 10201">Yep. And those are equally problematic, IMHO. That's just one more reason to add to the long list of reasons why i won't use MSWindows, frex. Now, i don't know if it's illegal, but i do think it's reprehensible, in general.OK, i'm no expert on the relevant laws, but i was under the impression that tracking like that, if you don't tell the consumer you're doing it, is illegal. I don't think anyone was trying to libel you, rather, they were just pointing out that you'd have to explain how you had the info if you were to choose to press the matter in court, and that that would open you up for counter-accusations. Whether merited or not.OK, now this part i missed before. So you're saying that the version you tracked didn't have any useful content? Or did the sample pages have complete bits to them (an entire spell, or entire class, or whatever)? 'Cause if it was pretty much unusable, i'm really entertained (and confused) by the number of people you had opening it multiple times for many months.Um, i don't think anyone was trying to do that. I read it as simply pointing out why you couldn't take your data and make a court case out of it.This is probably wrong, but i really wouldn't care if computer games (and console games) just completely disappeared. In fact, i think we'd be better off. But obviously pirating them out of business is the wrong way to get there. As for the invasion of privacy angle: chips that merely track sales of products are not being used in the US right now because of that very concern. I know i won't ever knowingly buy a product with an active tracking microchip in it (unless that's a function of the product, such as a cell phone). Call me a paranoid if you want, but i do consider a computer file that tells some central server "hey! i'm here!" an invasion of privacy--whether it is legally defined as such or not. This is not the same as saying that what you did was despicable. I actually fully support it. The degree to which you invaded anyone's privacy is super-minimal, it was in pursuit of a goal that really couldn't be achieved without some invasion of privacy, it only targeted those who were doing something illegal and brought it upon themselves, and it was in pursuit of a goal that really merits pursuing (actual data on e-book piracy). It is, however, still too small of a sample, and too uncontrolled, to be conclusive. But it is definitely illustrative.</blockquote>

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