!G*mers are NOT HAPPY 
Today, our team members received a Cease & Desist order on behalf of Activision Publishing in relation to the H2M-Mod project. We are complying with this order and shutting down all operations immediately and permanently.
— H2 Multiplayer Mod (@H2Multiplayer) August 15, 2024
The Trailer, posted earlier today.
Steam page is being flooded with negative reviews like Helldivers 2.
FaZe Clan (remember them?) begging Activision to reconsider.
A few especially evil points
They weren't profiting off of it and you need a legal copy to run the mod (although that's never stopped any lawyer
)Activision reportedly knew about the project for years
The series was on sale just a day prior to this
As with cease and desist orders, they can't distribute the mod in any legal way now
Obviously, this was done to deter players away from that old shit and back to black ops six
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cease and desist letters dont have any legal significance lol, theyre just that, letters
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they're still not releasing it (officially) if they don't want activision to r*pe their butt
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ye
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Sure would be tragic if it were to leak and someone else release it.
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haha... unless 😳
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I mean it serves to provide a notice date for any applicable damages calculation in some cases, but that's only if they actually sue after a C&D.
I would expect Activision to follow up with an actual suit given their track record.
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I imagine getting significant costs is an uphill battle without sending one. Mind you, I've seen plenty of bad legal threats be used against the party that sent them for costs. Those vague bullshit letters that don't really say what you're doing wrong and how that hurts them and what law it breaks.
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Depends a lot on the case type I find. My firm's largest patent award came from a situation where we just sued instead of sending a C&D since damages accrue by use and we didn't want a latches defense
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Yeah I don't actually do IP stuff. Most of my clients are disadvantaged so I get to play the little guy fighting the legal bullies card.
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Cease and desist letters for copyright infringement can impact both liability and damages, and will impact costs awards (making the loser pay for some of your legal fees).
Some statutes require intentional infringement, or it can broaden damages. A proper letter is great evidence if they continue.
Many jurisdictions, including my own, drastically limit what your can get for costs if you don't take reasonable steps before suing.
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Cease and desist this comment right now
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cease deez nuts neighbor
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Let's see how their boycott goes. I bet it looks something like this when BO6 comes out.
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I'm sad my account isn't that screenshot still boycotting the game
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what's stopping them from accidentally torrenting it behind 3 proxies
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Mostly that if it gets out at all it means someone on the team distributed it
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so which government official distributed the snns?
"it was the hackerman!"
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Iran should do this for us
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Just throw away the hard drive with the data on it and tell some rando where you threw it away
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it's not legal
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If you're gonna kitty out this easily, why bother? Either put together a fund to defend your right to distribute the mod, go the dark web route from the start so you can ignore their orders, or don't bother in the first place. Cute twinks.
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Being uncensorable and anonymous needs to be thought out from the beginning.
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https://x.com/InsiderGamingIG/status/1822872160689385898
so the timing of all this was on purpose, wasn't it? they knew they were going to bully the mod guys in to submission but ALSO knew their game would sell extra copies because of it so they waited until the last possible second.
that's fricked.
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If this is true and they waited until the day before it drops, that's really funny
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its pretty common, Jagex did the same thing with the 117hd plugin for old school, it's also meant to deter others from bothering to try
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People should start announcing a false release date and distribute it earlier.
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they tried to block
the plugin at first 
but eventually caved.
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Mw2 zombie vs humans lobbies never again
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me, playing on alterIWnet on my "legal" MW2 copy
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Did the game not already have mp?
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As with all non-liveservice multiplayer games, it's been abandoned by the developers and hardly playable. This mod also adds new shit I think.
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propriecucks enjoy this, no need to pity them
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Uh oh, leak time!
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Assuming they have a mod ready to leak and the letter wasn't just made up
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They can, they just might face litigation.
A cease and desist is a threat, nothing more.
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Didn't we have AlterIwNet years ago lol?
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i am sentient
Snapshots:
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The Trailer:
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negative reviews:
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begging:
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reportedly:
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