[Bug 26835] Portal 2 exits at menu screen.

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26835

--- Comment #86 from Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf at pearsoncomputing.net> 2011-04-23 13:48:35 CDT ---
> Well, too bad that wine servers are located at USA. 
whois winehq.org says MN, U.S.A., so yes they are.

> Does DMCA also says that
> there should be no discussion about cracks and using it if no one even posts
> URL to that crack? I think it's the most dumb thing one can invent. Well, maybe
> you break the US law (which isn't my case, for example, because I'm from Russia
> but never mind) when you actually apply the crack but what's unlawful in
> discussion without even a link? Killing people is illegal but writing
> detectives is legal and making thrillers where people die (not really, of
> course), too.

The problem is that discussion in this context (hey if you do this then your
game will work) is encouraging others to break the law.  This is usually
illegal, no different than if the murder detective story writer was encouraging
people to commit murder in real life.

Like I mentioned earlier, I don't agree with the law but I am bound by it. 
Valve may fix their junk on their own, or they may end up giving refunds, or
there may be a lawsuit, who knows at this point.  But one thing is sure, if you
are in the United States you are breaking the law if you use the crack. 
Period.

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