2009-04-26, 04:04 PM
Fiel Wrote:CEF was allowing its users to distribute copyright-infringing material that allowed them to duplicate, alter, and change Maplestory binaries. How does this not go against Nexon's copyright? I'm afraid even after I've read everything you typed, Bui, I still don't see how what Nexon did was wrong. It'd be hard for Nexon to make a case against speech against their product in talks or hack discussion. True. But CEF allowed attachments (which are hosted by CEF) to distribute these materials. That, in Nexon's eye, is the violation - not necessarily the discussion. The recent intervention of repackers made the difference.
This is further illustrated by the point of KittonKicker's localhost which invaded on the WzMss binary. It was only after this file was distributed on CEF that Nexon intervened and told CEF to take it down. Nexon knows free speech when it sees it.
It just seems, perhaps there was a better alternative than to remove the whole site. Over half the site isn't MapleStory related, and a good portion of it is getting help with programming, having random discussions, whatever the case may be.