Asiasoft Online Pressroom
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Asiasoft Starts Action Against Private Servers (AAPS) Campaign
31st December 2008, Singapore – Asiasoft Online (“Asiasoft”) announces the start of Action Against Private Servers (APPS) 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.
About Asiasoft Online Pte Ltd
Asiasoft Online Pte Ltd (http://www.asiasoftsea.net) publishes Massively-Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) in Singapore and Malaysia. Incorporated in 2004, Asiasoft Online assists game developers to tap onto the growth potential of the South-East Asia region.
Asiasoft Online publishes “MapleStory”, “Audition”, “GetAmped”, “Grand Chase”, “Cabal Online”, “Rappelz”, “Richman Online” and distributes “SilkRoad Online”. Asiasoft Online is also the Official Distributor for Blizzard Entertainment’s record breaking title “World of Warcraft”.
Asiasoft Online is part of the Asiasoft group of publishing companies with a presence in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam serving over 18 million registered gamers.
Committed to developing the regional online gaming community, Asiasoft Online works with content developers and industry partners to entertain and engage casual gamers and netizens. Content localization, marketing and game service management are deployed by specialized and dedicated professionals, for game developers, in an integrated services platform.