ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º º º Reporter : Interviewee : Jay Wilbur º º Subject : iD Software on Piracy Affiliation : iD Representative º º º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º º º RCN : First off, just last night, at approximately 2 am, tKLP packaged º º and released the fully registered version of Quake to the mass º º public, is iD software aware of that? º º º º JAY : You are the second person to tell me this. tKLP has denied it to º º me in email claiming to know the real bad guy that released Quake. º º He said he would give me the information on the Quake supplier if º º I paid him a reward. º º º º RCN : What was your response to tKLP, do you believe him? tKLP º º definitely did package the software, but he might not be willing º º to turn in his Quake supplier for a quick reward. º º º º JAY : As a rule I never believe anyone who does not have the balls to º º use his own name. º º º º RCN : What are the effects of having tKLP releasing a fully registered º º version of iD Software's major release Quake, even before it has º º hit the stores? º º º º JAY : If the release is contained to the Internet, then it should only º º be a pain in the ass for us. If the release should make it to º º retail. We will be forced to bring every possible legal remedy to º º bear on the bad guys to protect our copyrighted work. We are º º talking federal crime here. Were you around when DOOM II was º º released? º º º º RCN : No, but could you please describe the event? º º º º JAY : Similar situation to this, a beta version hit the net and it º º turned out to be a major pain in the ass. The bad guys got º º fucking reamed, and don't ask about it, I will be inclined not to º º answer. º º º º RCN : Who got reamed and how, unless you do describe the consequences of º º the matter, people will dismiss it as a petty remark. º º º º JAY : Fuck them, they will know when they get reamed. Violations of º º Federal copyright laws are very serious crimes. I believe the º º penalties are covered in texts maintained on government WWW sites. º º º º RCN : Since the people who released Doom II was "reamed" and thus, payed º º for their crimes, and iD Software does suspect that tKLP was the º º one who released Quake, will iD sotware ream tKLP (assuming there º º is ample evidence to prosecute)? º º º º JAY : If, as result, bad guys do pirate Quake and ship it to retail, we º º WILL go after the bad guys. There was a CD factory in Germany º º churning out pirate CDs of DOOM II for retail. We went overseas, º º and kicked their asses. We ended up shutting that company down º º and tossing the principals into jail. We are very nice guys, but º º we will not stand by and be ripped off. º º º º RCN : Is iD Software aware that the fully registered version of Quake is º º being distributed at this very moment on ftp.cdrom.com in º º directory /pub/idgames/quake/incoming/quakeb3.zip? º º º º JAY : Some loser puts it up in /incoming, but the ftp.cdrom.com º º administrator takes it out when he becomes aware of it, but then º º some other loser puts it back up in /incoming, etc. º º º º RCN : Will iD software be pursiuing after the people involved in the º º Quake piracy incident to the full extent of the law? I'm aware º º that you have tKLP's address and full name. º º º º JAY : I cannot commit. Maybe yes. Maybe no. It all depends on factors º º I am not willing to discuss. º º º º RCN : What are the consequences for the original supplier of Quake if he º º is prosecuted, and what are the consequecnces for the packager of º º the program if he is prosecuted? º º º º JAY : I WILL pursue this problem, but that would be for a judge and jury º º to decide. º º º º º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ