The Truth About Private Servers Lolz

The Truth about Private Serversview : 2827 props : 1
03/20/09

Over the past few months, NE卍ON has taken many actions to enforce its rights against private servers. For the community to understand what this means, we'll briefly explain our position and why action is taken.

Private servers- it doesn't matter what game it is; it doesn't matter what the justifications is; the bottom line is that all private servers are illegal. The content that appears on Nexon's website and in its games are Nexon's protected intellectual property. Intellectual property rights are defined as legal property rights, both artistic and commercial, in tangible form (as opposed to ideas). It is recognized by the laws of all the countries in the world and there are severe penalties for those who violate those rights, whether through expensive statutory fines or criminal jail time. The use of intellectual material such as Nexon's requires the permission and authorization from its owner. Using unauthorized intellectual property for personal gain without permission is both illegal and actionable.

The major issue with private servers is that they bypass the creative process of designers and developers. They make copies of the original game by using the creative assets of which they have no legal right to use. Please know that intellectual property has more than a monetary value; private server creators violate the intellectual property rights on games by using it for their own personal interest. It is for this reason that we take legal action against any and all private servers running NE卍ON games. There is no such thing as a NE卍ON-approved private server.

Another danger private servers pose concerns the security of information. When you register to play on a private server, you are blindly surrendering your personal information to non-professionals who have no legal obligation to keep your personal information secure. There is no telling what they can do with your personal information!

We have heard some claims that private servers don't make money or ask for donations (some do), it is technically not illegal. This is incorrect. First of all, collecting donations does not automatically make a website a charity or a non-profit organization. To become a charity or have non-profit status, strict guidelines must be followed and government approval needs to be met. We doubt any of the private server sites would fall under those guideline. Therefore, a private server website accepting donations would still be classified as a commercial endeavor which is performing illegal activities. Nobody is fooled by the "donation" scam.

You may have criticism towards Nexon's games that you feel are addressed in private servers. Keep in mind that we are continuing to try to improve our games on a daily basis, which is challenging since we are on a large scale in regards to a player base. It may not be too difficult keeping 5, 20 or maybe even a 100 players happy, but we cater to the thousands that log onto our servers daily, and the millions that play our games worldwide.

We will continue to pursue any and every action necessary, whether legal or otherwise, to stop those who continue to illegally use our intellectual property. If you are currently running an unauthorized server, we advise you to discontinue your service immediately.



Thank you for your understanding.

-MapleStory Staff-

I wonder if a lot of servers actually care about this, especially the popular ones.

Julie wrote:

I wonder if a lot of servers actually care about this, especially the popular ones.

We don't.

Atsuko wrote:

Nobody is fooled by the "donation" scam.

NE卍ON states that nobody has donated to any server. Ever.

MeowMixer wrote:

Nexon wrote:

The Truth about Private Serversview : 2827 props : 1
03/20/09

Over the past few months, NE卍ON has taken many actions to enforce its rights against private servers. For the community to understand what this means, we'll briefly explain our position and why action is taken.

Private servers- it doesn't matter what game it is; it doesn't matter what the justifications is; the bottom line is that all private servers are illegal. The content that appears on Nexon's website and in its games are Nexon's protected intellectual property. Intellectual property rights are defined as legal property rights, both artistic and commercial, in tangible form (as opposed to ideas) (The reason we can get away with stealing ideas from other games). It is recognized by the laws of all the countries in the world and there are severe penalties (severe as in death?) for those who violate those rights, whether through expensive statutory fines or criminal jail time(mmorpgs are serious business). The use of intellectual material such as Nexon's requires the permission (they'll sue you if you don't ask them first if you can post a SS on your blog) and authorization from its owner. Using unauthorized intellectual property for personal gain without permission is both illegal and actionable.

The major issue with private servers is that they bypass (hax) the creative process (not if they add on to what's already there) of designers and developers. They make copies of the original game by using the creative assets of which they have no legal right to use (.wz files are the ONLY things needed to make a pserver right? The source didn't take time and effort to create so we might as well disregard it's importance, lulz.). Please know that intellectual property has more than a monetary value (but we wouldn't care about that if we weren't trying to make money); private server creators violate the intellectual property rights on games by using it for their own personal interest (having fun). It is for this reason that we take legal action against any and all private servers running NE卍ON games. There is no such thing as a NE卍ON-approved private server (unless they send us some money).

Another danger private servers pose concerns the security of information. When you register to play on a private server, you are blindly surrendering your personal information to non-professionals (fuck you) who have no legal obligation to keep your personal information secure (uhh NE卍ON, we were never asking for people's addresses/names...). There is no telling what they can do with your personal information! (they'll use your email adress you signed up with to uhh...blackmail you...somehow...)

We have heard some claims that private servers don't make money or ask for donations (what if we never ask and just have the option to donate?) (some do), it is technically not illegal. This is incorrect. First of all, collecting donations does not automatically make a website a charity or a non-profit organization. To become a charity or have non-profit status, strict guidelines must be followed and government approval needs to be met. We doubt any of the private server sites would fall under those guideline (but we won't tell you what exactly the guidelines are or even look at them ourselves, we just doubt it). Therefore, a private server website accepting donations would still be classified as a commercial endeavor which is performing illegal activities (rape and murder). Nobody is fooled by the "donation" scam (unless you offer donator bonuses).

You may have criticism towards Nexon's games that you feel are addressed in private servers. Keep in mind that we are continuing to try to improve our games on a daily basis (making more cash items), which is challenging since we are on a large scale in regards to a player base. It may not be too difficult keeping 5, 20 or maybe even a 100 players happy, but we cater to the thousands that log onto our servers daily (who have money to burn), and the millions that play our games worldwide.

We will continue to pursue any and every action necessary (C&D SouthPerry), whether legal or otherwise(assassins), to stop those who continue to illegally use our intellectual property. If you are currently running an unauthorized server (sup?), we advise you to discontinue your service immediately(no u).



Thank you for your understanding.

-MapleStory Staff- (I thought they were addressing themselves as NE卍ON as a whole?)

I laughed audibly.

http://forum.NE卍ON.net/MapleStory/forums/thread/2397256.aspx
Note how almost everyone is brainwashed in this thread.

NE卍ON doesnt care about people who dont buy NX i had an account that i honestly lost the password too. Named every char on said acct with level job and all important information. Because i didnt know the birthdate they wouldnt give it back to me

YET! i have an acct with nx and complained that an nx card didnt work. got a fresh code for 25k and an apology

Quote :

We care about our players.

oh-o. all top 3 are down. you still want to see MeowMS in top10? o.o

Anyone got a finalstory forum account? I want to read the full story.

Lol Irbis somebody has an iPhone
xD Nice
But..it's amazing how NE卍ON did really close 3 servers

Piie wrote:

Lol Irbis somebody has an iPhone
xD Nice
But..it's amazing how NE卍ON did really close 3 servers

How does it amaze you? All they needed to do was type out a C&D letter to and send it to the top few servers.

MeowMixer wrote:

Piie wrote:

Lol Irbis somebody has an iPhone
xD Nice
But..it's amazing how NE卍ON did really close 3 servers

How does it amaze you? All they needed to do was type out a C&D letter to and send it to the top few servers.

Isn't NE卍ON known for being lazy? So them writing those letters would be amazing

you rally should have a look
http://thetruth.t83.net/

regardless of the site addres its nexon/maple relevant. and very valid

MAn i hate NE卍ON

AntiNexon wrote:

MAn i hate NE卍ON

You didn't even play this server..
So how can you hate NE卍ON..
Even though you NEVER played this server

I hate it cause it closes all the best servers

Soo...
How did you find this P-Server

YouTUbe

Piie wrote:

Soo...
How did you find this P-Server

I played this server

kid kid wrote:

Piie wrote:

Soo...
How did you find this P-Server

I played this server

so did i o-o

101z0rz wrote:

kid kid wrote:

Piie wrote:

Soo...
How did you find this P-Server

I played this server

so did i o-o

Really? That's wonderful. o.o

Piie wrote:

AntiNexon wrote:

MAn i hate NE卍ON

You didn't even play this server..
So how can you hate NE卍ON..
Even though you NEVER played this server

Lol he did not have to play this server to hate it...
the thing is that NE卍ON is closing all private servers

i can hate NE卍ON , its killed many of my fav servers