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Default Arrests made in HL2 code theft. - 12-06-2004

Arrests made in HL2 code theft.

There is an article in the Austin paper today that says:
"Arrests have been made in several countries..."

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Yeah, I suspected that already... Valve was distilling infos about imminent arrests.

I just hope they caught the right guys... 9_9



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Another reason not to steal is that government does'nt like the competition.
  
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I just hope they caught the right guys... 9_9
they talked about it in another community.. and that crossed my mind too.
im not to sure its them..
  
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Another reason not to steal is that government does'nt like the competition.
I don't understand... what has the US government to do with Valve's code theft ? ???



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didn't u know? Valve=US government, but undercover... its conspiracy, i tell you!


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Another reason not to steal is that government does'nt like the competition.
He's complaining about taxes being too high, the government taking money away from him.
  
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Not that stealing is alright...but why couldn't Valve just keep the network safe? :-(. I felt bad when it was stolen, but I must say...it's the first time I've ever heard of a game's source code being stolen.
  
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Arrests made in HL2 code theft.
I bet they have the wrong guys too. They probably just busted some careless fools who were trading the code over the net.

Keep us posted if there's more news.


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Not that stealing is alright...but why couldn't Valve just keep the network safe? :-(. I felt bad when it was stolen, but I must say...it's the first time I've ever heard of a game's source code being stolen.
Hmm no, actually game source code leaks have become a very common thing since the Internet has been popularized. Quite a few number of games have had their sources stolen this way. Notably I believe Descent III and one of the GTA (can't remember which one) were in the lot. Don't take my word for it because I have nothing (but my leaked memory ) to back this up, but I'm sure a quick search would give you the names of the titles that have been leaked publicly in the past.



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