Lloyd Korn shuts down MapleStory hackers.

CEF didn't deserve the fate it got. The entire site was more than just MapleStory hackers, nor was it just somewhere where the "evil hackers" hang out. It's a place where people like Bui was talking about that hack due to human nature and the drive to learn more. CEF was more of that than anything. Be aware stopping drug trafficking is a completely different scenario. MapleStory hacking is nothing like drugs.

And a bunch of leechers got their pomegranate from CEF. They want to break the code? Don't release pomegranate.

No, actually, I'm pretty sure it's an accurate comparison. Weren't really talking about the copying of information, more of the claim that it's damaging their profits, which is being used just so Nexon can justify what they're doing, so they can "keep MapleStory free".

DO you know how many people refuse to support Nexon BECAUSE of the hacking? And you can get NX items for mesos in private servers. Since everyone would rather have a crazy 10000000 level characters in a private server so they can show off their e-damage rather then put time in Maple Story.

And if you did, would that stop people? No. The POINT IS, music, Nexon's media, and cars are all creative, well, creations, and the car manufacturers and not going bankrupt because people make after-market parts, so why should this apply only to computers and not other industries, such as cars?

Because the majority of people buy pre made models. While in maple story, anyone can get hacks and screw up someone's gameplay.

Every industry has it's equivalent. 3rd party/after market parts for cars. Film, music, and video game pirates. However, the latter are much WORSE than hackers. If everyone pirates their music and movies, there will be a huge dent in their profits, enough to sink them eventually. However, how is hacking sinking Nexon's profits? They're not stopping anyone from buying NX, and I'm sure their profits increase exponentially every year regardless of hackers (aside from Maple SEA's dilemma).

Refer to the post before. I've seen many people who state they won't be giving a cent to Nexon until the hackers have been dealt with accordingly.

The internet is not real life. It never will be. There are some things you can control and some you can't. It's like he said, this is a situation in which once something is made once, it can be instantly duplicated, making it infinitely harder to control.

The person he was refuting felt that computers should be dealt with in the same way as tangible products.

EDIT: Forte, Fiel WAS partaking in Nexon's Intellectual Property. That's the only reason they would've gotten away with what they did.

Partaking for the purpose of a private server? No. Otherwise everyone who ever used a maple story image would be sued.