You got served: Cheap Ass Gamer gets subpoena from Circuit City |
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Probably upset over the fact that their ads are getting leaked weeks in advance, Circuit City has served Cheap Ass Gamer (CAG) with a subpoena to get CAG member Speedy1961's personal information. Speedy1961, the one responsible for the PlayStation 3 price drop Circuit City ad leakage, has also posted the same ads in another forum, DVDtalk.com - which is rumored to have received the same subpoena as well.
The particular Circuit City ad involves the PS3 price drop, which was posted in the Cheap Ass Gamer forums a few days before the planned official announcement from the Sony bigwigs themselves. The thread wherein the ad leakage was posted also featured discounted game prices at Circuit City, Target, and Best Buy.
In a recent podcast, CAG CEO David Abrams - known in CAG forums and podcast as "CheapyD", clarified that Circuit City is not in any way after CAG itself, but after Speedy1961 (who happens to post weekly Circuit City ads). The subpoena was served to CAG for them to turn over all personal information that they have on Speedy1961. Abrams pointed out that they really didn't have much, as the only information that they require from new members are email addresses and IP addresses.
Abrams also said in the podcast that Circuit City sent him US$ 5 along with the subpoena to reimburse the possible expenses in sending Speedy1961's personal information back to Circuit City. In response to this, Abrams consulted and hired a lawyer, and is working on a way to not submit or turn over anything to Circuit City as legally as possible. "The CAG community's trust and respect is very important to me, so I've hired legal representation to deal with the situation," Abrams said in an interview with Kotaku.
Abrams also ventured to say that one of the reasons why Circuit City is upset about the ad leakage is that they're being pressured by Sony, since the cover page of the subpoena mentioned the PS3 price drop thread in the CAG forums.
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"Abrams pointed out that they really didn't have much, as the only information that they require from new members are email addresses and IP addresses." --Last I knew, IP addresses could be tracked directly home to your front door (unless you are a very smart hacker). Good to hear that the website is at least going to investigate the feasibility of protecting the person (instead of just handing it over like a big mega-corp would likely do).
I guess you think everyone has a static IP address. Most people don't. They could probably track it to a particular ISP, and then they would need to apply legal leverage there to try and get at any records the ISP might have.
Thabor, of coure. With an issue such as this, I don't see why Circuit City wouldn't go the extra mile to find out where the guy lives. Also, dynamic IPs don't change too often...probably on a monthly period depending on the ISP.
This guys posts the ads sometimes two or three weeks before the sales start. They come in handy sometimes
I have a "dynamic" IP, but I barely consider it so, since it only changes about once or twice a year.
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