Asiasoft Starts Action Against Private Servers (AAPS) Campaign
31st December 2008, Singapore – Asiasoft Online (“Asiasoft”) announces the start of Action Against Private Servers (AAPS) campaign to educate the gaming community about intellectual property (IP) copyrights. The aim is to highlight the legal offence for hosting of private servers and risks involved for playing in illegal servers, such as planting trojans and spyware into player’s computers to steal their credit card data or important information.
“It is important for the gaming community to know about the risks and infringement of IP copyrights issues. Not only the game play experience will not be as realistic as the official servers, the game support will not be present to make a wonderful experience,” said Mr Gerry Ung, Managing Director for Asiasoft Online Pte Ltd. “We hope the gaming community will recognise the high risks involved with no proper safeguard against the loss of valuable in-game items, hence engage with us and continue to play in the official servers. We will work closely with the game developers to bring richer and more quality content to enhance the game play experience.”
According to the legal consultation with the law firm, people who are hosting private servers can face a fine of up to $20,000 and six months in jail. To drive the awareness of the campaign to the community, they are advised to visit PlayPark website at http://www.playpark.net to find out more.