A Month back we reported that CD Projekt RED was attempting to sue individuals who allegedly pirated The Witcher 2. Their policy has since changed, and Marcin Iwinski, the company's co-founder, released an open letter explaining why. The text of his letter is posted in its entirety below.

An Open Letter to the Gaming Community from CD Projekt RED

In early December, an article was published about a law firm acting on behalf of CD Projekt RED, contacting individuals who had downloaded The Witcher 2 illegally and seeking financial compensation for copyright infringement. The news about our decision to combat piracy directly, instead of with DRM, spread quickly and with it came a number of concerns from the community. Repeatedly, gamers just like you have said that our methods might wrongly accuse people who have never violated our copyright and expressed serious concern about our actions.

Being part of a community is a give-and-take process. We only succeed because you have faith in us, and we have worked hard over the years to build up that trust. We were sorry to see that many gamers felt that our actions didn't respect the faith that they have put into CD Projekt RED. Our fans always have been and remain our greatest concern, and we pride ourselves on the fact that you all know that we listen to you and take your opinions to heart. While we are confident that no one who legally owns one of our games has been required to compensate us for copyright infringement, we value our fans, our supporters, and our community too highly to take the chance that we might ever falsely accuse even one individual.

So we've decided that we will immediately cease identifying and contacting pirates.

Let's make this clear: we don't support piracy. It hurts us, the developers. It hurts the industry as a whole. Though we are staunch opponents of DRM because we don't believe it has any effect on reducing piracy, we still do not condone copying games illegally. We're doing our part to keep our relationship with you, our gaming audience, a positive one. We've heard your concerns, listened to your voices, and we're responding to them. But you need to help us and do your part: don't be indifferent to piracy. If you see a friend playing an illegal copy of a game--any game--tell your friend that they're undermining the possible success of the developer who created the very game that they are enjoying. Unless you support the developers who make the games you play, unless you pay for those games, we won't be able to produce new excellent titles for you.

Keep on playing,

Marcin Iwinski

co-founder

CD Projekt RED

It's been over two weeks since the last Dota 2 beta update, so Valve really made this one count. According to the "A hush falls on the battlefield" Dota 2 blog update two new heroes have joined the beta roster - Silencer, and Spirit Breaker (Dota 1 profiles linked). Silencer can be a royal pain in the ass for anyone that uses abilities, or isn't using their abilities. Silencer also benefits from the death of nearby heroes with gains to his intelligence stat, and has a global silence. Spirit Breaker on the other hand makes use of long range charges, greater bashes, and a heavy hitting ultimate to decimate his foes.

Today's Dota 2 beta update also brings forth the changes that Icefrog introduced to the Dota 1 community in the 6.73 patch weeks ago over to the Dota 2 beta. Heads up though, the 6.73 parity changelog is pretty epic in size. In it you'll find a ton of balance, gameplay, and UI tweaks among other things.

The spectator system is going through a change as well, which will eliminate the 64 player limit on spectators for certain games. Currently Valve is looking to analyze the performance of the games which are allowed an unlimited number of spectators, which will help them eventually roll out the system for all games. Replays got some love too, with a new "Autospeed" feature which automatically fast-forwards to where the action is.

Good stuff all around, stay tuned for more Dota 2 beta news sometime next week!

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