Anino Games, Inc RAIDED

[gemcadz]

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By Alexander Villafania
INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) raided the office of Philippine game development company Anino Games Inc last August 22 for alleged software copyright infringement.

The raid resulted in the seizure of 36 computers that were installed with alleged illegal copies of several applications from software developer Autodesk Inc. Among the pirated software that were supposedly found were 3D Studio Max 2008, 3D Studio Max 9, AutoDesk Maya 8.5, AutoCAD 2008, AutoDesk Maya 2008 and Combustion 4.

A complaint was filed at the NBI’s Anti-Fraud and Computer Crimes Division (AFCCD) by AutoDesk, a member of the Business Software Alliance (BSA). The group has been promoting the use of original software and seeking prosecution against alleged copyright violators, BSA said in a statement.

Anino, the first commercial game development firm in the Philippines, is a member of the Game Development Association of the Philippines. The group’s president, Gabriel Dizon was unavailable for comment as of this writing.
Anino Games President Niel Dagondon confirmed the government raid. In a statement given to INQUIRER.net, Dagondon said the company “has always been willing to work with AutoDesk” to help companies like them find viable solutions.

Dagondon also implored the BSA to help them instead of attacking them. Such attacks, he said, could force other development firms to either close down or “resort to undesirable means.”

“Attacks such as these are damaging not just to Anino and its staff but to the entire Philippine creative and outsourcing industry in general. This has a negative effect not only to Anino’s operations but to the reputation of Philippine offshore service providers as a whole composed of dollar earning companies whose clients are mainly based abroad,” Dagondon said.

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Is this bad news or good news? what's your take on this?

[softtouch]

Lets see if it is true... and if it is, there is no excuse.

[jayr168]

the only game developer sa pilipinas gi attack pa jud sa mga giants like Autodesk, mga hangol jud!

Open Source nalang atong refuge ani

[rj325]

sad, very sad

[t3ChNo™]

that's bad news. however, it's Anino's responsibility to obtain a legal license of their programs considering they are making money out of it

[silent-kill]

though i have nothing against anino games, they know it from the start what they were going into the moment they used pirated software.. its a risk for all of us specially to the people who tries to make money out of it....

[digitalsuperman]

the only game developer sa pilipinas gi attack pa jud sa mga giants like Autodesk, mga hangol jud!

Open Source nalang atong refuge ani

i don't think hangol ang autodesk. anino has been generating profits. don't you think that its just fair nga makakwarta sila sa ilang software gigamit from autodesk? they're using their product for profit mao na ang point diha. plus developing their tool wasn't free. they paid a lot of money and invested on developers to have that product. kung ikaw kuno developer ana nga software from autodesk, nahan ka wala ka sweldo?

[Kenshiro]

Their games with all due respect I think it was the diablo clone got a very low score in gamespot.

[gemcadz]

alot of outsourcing companies here in cebu will be affected by this, i know most of them don't use licensed softwares but they do give decent salaries to employees... so it has its pros and cons.

[digitalsuperman]

^ then i think its time for them to buy the original. they're making profits its just fair that they use original. autodesk has every inch of right to raid them if they want to and i dont think its evil in any way. autodesk invested on it thus they should have ROI for the investments they had made. autodesk isn't comparable to OSS since autodesk is business. you invest money and in return you get ROI. OSS is different.