Did anyone else get this email?

[Savvir]

Dear Player,

We have strong evidence that you may have purchased and used botting software in the past, specifically ibot software.

Botting and the cheating it brings is destroying your game, violates Jagex's rights under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and any player that continues to engage in botting activity has no place in our community.

As part of bot nuke week we are offering you a 1 time amnesty and settlement lifeline, which is a chance to reform and change your ways. We'd like you to contribute to the community in a positive way, to compete on a level playing field as everyone else does and play in the true spirit of the game, with integrity. All of your accounts, main and otherwise, are now on our watch list and will be monitored for the use of ibot and all other inappropriate third-party software. Regardless of who you are or how long you've been with us, if you decide to cheat and bot ever again we will have no hesitation in: (1) permanently removing your account from our wonderful community in order to protect Jagex's rights under the DMCA, and (2) naming you as a defendant in Jagex Limited v. John Does, which is a lawsuit based on DMCA violations that is currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (Civ. Action No. SACV11-00969-CJC).

Please note that this amnesty and settlement offer is protected under Fed. R. Evid. 408. If you ignore our offer and instead continue use botting software, we reserve our rights to pursue statutory damages against you for between $200 to $2,500 per act of past, present, and/or future botting in accordance with 17 U.S.C. 1203(c)(3).

We do hope you make the morally sound and lawful choice of turning your back on bots. We look forward to seeing you in game having fun in a way that is true to the spirit of fair play and respectful to your fellow players.

Yours sincerely,
Mark Gerhard

Okay, wth. What is this all about a lawsuit or whatnot??

 

[Emperor Nero]

Seems like one of those phisher emails, I get things like this all of the time. Literally 5+ a day on my junk email account.


Jagex failed to get full copyright status in the US so if they are going to try to sue you in the US over copyright violation then it is pretty much not going to happen. I read an article about them trying to sue bot makers somewhere, I can't remember where.

 

[TheBailey]

Its a phishing email mate change your password as quicky as posible you just got phished :0

 

[A Saggy Minge]

they probably said about the lawsuit, not because they hate bots, but because they want to reclaim money from losing money from goldfarmers purchasing membership

EDIT i was wrong, its a phishing email

 

[malyce]

Haha, they're going to sue you for 200 dollars. It's going to cost them well over 10k for an international lawsuit. It's an idle threat.

But you are marked, which means you need to stop botting for a while and lay low. Also, click my link for free viagra.

But seriously, you just got phished.

 

[Bladestar]

It IS legit. http://ebm.email.runescape.com/c/tag/hBOpwApB8L3HHB8eKRzNXBfQxMV/doc.html?t_params=

 

[Savvir]

About all the phish accusations, well I sold my main a couple months back. The email was linked to my current email so I'm probably receiving this email through my previous email.

So I shouldn't worry at all? Because this email is just fucking convincing lol got me worried.

 

[Emperor Nero]

Here is the article of which I was speaking:

http://www.gamerlaw.co.uk/2010/09/setback-for-jagex-in-runescape-lawsuit.html

 

[Savvir]

Wtf this is bs.. So even if I don't bot, and I continue to play, can Jagex still accuse me of botting in their lawsuit??

 

[FlyersFan28]

Hows it a phishing email if it doesnt have a link?

 

[CrudeSapphire]

It IS legit. http://ebm.email.runescape.com/c/tag/hBOpwApB8L3HHB8eKRzNXBfQxMV/doc.html?t_params=

^this

Hows it a phishing email if it doesnt have a link?

^ and this

 

[malyce]

^this



^ and this

The link is legit. iBot users are in deeeeeeeep turd right now.

 

[Emperor Nero]

that is currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (Civ. Action No. SACV11-00969-CJC).

How are they going to sue you if you don't live in that district?


Read the article I posted, it explains some things about previous failed legal proceedings.

 

[#Pokemon]

In other words; Fake and gay.

 

[Bladestar]

My main is safe.

 

[The One Man Army]

Seems like one of those phisher emails, I get things like this all of the time. Literally 5+ a day on my junk email account.


Jagex failed to get full copyright status in the US so if they are going to try to sue you in the US over copyright violation then it is pretty much not going to happen. I read an article about them trying to sue bot makers somewhere, I can't remember where.

this. ^

 

[video]

Fake emails always say "Dear PLAYER" and real ones will always have your runescape account name. I created a thread about this just now to hopefully stop these threads from being posted again

 

[Determinate]

Here is his guide, for future reference: http://sythe.org/showthread.php?t=1262947