Batman Foils the Pirates 蝙蝠侠重挫盗版游戏
[audio]http://file.24en.com/bbc/tae/assets_1629810/bbc_tae_230_batman_foils_pirates_au_bb.mp3[/audio][color=#3f3f3f][font=Verdana, 宋体, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=12px][p=21, 2, left]The illegal copying and distribution of software, or [b]piracy[/b], costs the video game industry billions of dollars each year, and even threatens the future of game production.[/p][p=21, 2, left]However, one British-based [b]video game publisher[/b], Eidos, has [b]hit back [/b]at the pirates in a [b]novel[/b] way by not only spoiling their game-playing, but also [b][url=http://d.24en.com/s/?wd=sham]sham[/url]ing[/b] them on the internet.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Pirates who are playing illegal copies of Batman: Arkham Asylum find that[b]crucial control functions[/b] in the game have been [b]disabled[/b], [b]rendering[/b] the game unplayable.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Players using a ‘[b]cracked[/b]’ version of the game discover that the [b]glide function [/b]in the game does not work, causing the Batman [url=http://d.24en.com/s/?wd=character]character[/url] to fall to his death.[/p][float=right][img=226,170]http://www.24en.com/d/file/bbc/bbc2/2009-09-17/d466cd10a87791eee017619ad7f6441d.jpg[/img][p=30, 2, left]You can't do this in a cracked version of the game[/p][/float]
[p=21, 2, left]One such player complained about the so-called ‘[b]bug[/b]’ on the [b]support forum[/b] pages of the developer’s website.[/p][p=21, 2, left]"I've got a problem when it's time to use Batman's glide in the game. When I hold, like it's said, to jump from one [b]platform[/b] to another, Batman tries to open his wings again and again instead of gliding," complained the pirate.[/p][p=21, 2, left]But instead of receiving sympathy and support from other [b]community users [/b]and the game’s development team, he received a [b]stern ticking off[/b]from the forum’s community manager.[/p][p=21, 2, left]"The problem you have encountered is a [url=http://d.24en.com/s/?wd=hook]hook[/url] in the [b]copy protection[/b], to[b]catch out[/b] people who try and download cracked versions of the game for free," wrote the Eidos community manager.[/p][p=21, 2, left]"It's not a bug in the game's code; it's a bug in your [b]moral code[/b]," he added.[/p][p=21, 2, left]It appears that the[b] Caped Crusader[/b]’s war on crime extends beyond[url=http://d.24en.com/s/?wd=character]character[/url]s like the Joker to [b]cheeky[/b] software pirates worldwide.[/p][/size][/font][/color]
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