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Game Companies List ‘FitGirl-Repacks’ as a Key Piracy Threat (torrentfreak.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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'.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

"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?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They mean newcomer to the list. Here's what it says right after your quote: "which has been a dominant player in the game piracy landscape for years"

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

oh, got it.

I almost quoted the whole thing because I was like why would they write "newcomer" and "for years" one after the other?

thanks

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

That's the beauty of decentralization... Corpos and the state can't really do jack shit about it.

They don't even try if you noticed corpos are busy making other corpos protect their "property" rights....

Stupid fucking bitches doing "capitalism"