Valve has more information about the Italians an early version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution have been stolen, and on torrentsites. The data, however, only after a court order, that has now been requested.
Valve claims it has no information about the thieves can give to publisher Square Enix, because that is in conflict with the privacy rules Valve has imposed on herself. The developer, which games host on the downloadplatform Steam, has information about the Italians who are suspected of stealing from a preview version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution. It wants the information, however, is only issue after a court order. Square Enix now has a request for such an order submitted to the court in the U.s. state of Washington, where the lawsuit should be against a group of fifteen Italians has brought.
They are suspected of stealing the preview version of the rpg of the servers from Valve. The defendants disseminated the stolen version then via torrentsites. Square Enix, the publisher of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, began a lawsuit against the group of Italians that the theft involved. The publisher has not, however, identity of the suspects managed to figure out, and hope that Valve can help.
Square Enix, in may, a preview version of the rpg available to an Italian editor of the magazine Giochi per il Mio Computer. The editor could the pc version of the game download via Steam. The preview version popped up on torrentsites. Valve then has the game via a torrent downloaded and the code examined. Defects in the code being Valve on the Steam account of the editor, could the developer find out that the game was downloaded from a different ip address than that of the editor. The developer protects, however, the personal data of the Steam-members.