The ESA, which represents several major gaming companies, has shared an updated list of notorious piracy threats with the U.S. Government. One of the notable newcomers is FitGirl-Repacks, which has been a dominant player in the game piracy landscape for years. Meanwhile, ESA’s report no longer mentions malware, cryptocurrencies, or Scene release groups, which were previously seen as ‘growing trends’.

  • krolden
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    487 months ago

    I can’t imagine being the people who pretend companies are hurt by piracy

  • @monstoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 months ago

    The site operator is non-responsive to ESA take-down notices and runs a backup version of the site at dodi-repacks.download.

    Well, depending on where the website host is located, they may not need to comply. I wasn’t aware of the backup site mentioned above, though; maybe Dodi and FitGirl are one and the same? ;-)

    EDIT: Grammar.

  • andrew_bidlaw
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    327 months ago

    One FitGirl vs a crowd of menacing DMCA men looks like a Kill Bill retake we deserve.

  • @Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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    217 months ago

    “One of the notable newcomers is FitGirl-Repacks”

    Fitgirl’s been around over a decade.

    they’ll catch up to fitgirl in another decade or so, by which time there are going to be five new fitgirls. five dozen?

  • CaptainBasculin
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    7 months ago

    From the article, these guys are really clueless about where game cheats get sold, which sucks.

  • @weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.works
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    107 months ago

    There is a pretty fun metroidvania called The Weird Dream that I only know about because FitGirl repacked it. They don’t seem like a threat to me.

  • @NeuronautML@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    ESA is the European Space Agency. It’s a pretty prominent acronym. They really couldn’t bother researching it before registering their little butthurt group? Imagine making a corporate group and calling it NASA.

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    7 months ago

    Is there a similar list of good stuff [sry, ofc I mean notorious criminals stealing what little money a licensor needs to buy a new yacht] but for music?