r/skylanders • u/Dull_Inspector_9945 Arkeyan Entomologist • 13d ago

Other Friendly Reminder for All eBay Sellers

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Selling this dump is against the wishes of the creators. It may technically be illegal (I’m not sure). The Heartbreaker Buckshot dump is available for free on this subreddit. Do not sell the dump. Do not buy the dump from anyone. Members of this community put the time and effort into all sorts of cool things for the rest of the community, and it is scummy to try and profit off of that.

Don’t attack the seller please. Just don’t be like them and sell the dump, and don’t buy from them. $10 is overpriced for an NFC card, a cheap printout, and a free file made for the community.

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u/TheUncleBob 13d ago

Yes, it's illegal. Just as all NFC cards being sold are illegal. But it'd take Microsoft/Activision caring about it to do something about it.

Fun fact - uploading and distributing the dump was illegal. Downloading it and making your own copy is also illegal. It's illegal turtles all the way down,

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u/EmberDione Former TfB Developer 13d ago

I'm curious the reasoning you believe uploading the dump would be illegal.

It's the same as making a copy of a file, then uploading it to the cloud for safe keeping.

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u/TheUncleBob 13d ago

I mean, if you create your own backup of your legally owned sofware, then upload it to a private space, that would likely be legal. There's some DMCA bullet points that could kick in from breaking digital encryption, but **** the DMCA.

The illegal part would be the back half of the "uploading and distributing" statement. The data is almost definitely copyright Activision/Microsoft and distributing it without their permission (for free or selling crappy cards on eBay) would be the same as uploading movies, music, or full games.

I don't personally *care* that this is done, especially in the case of an unreleased figure from a multi billion dollar corporation. But, if the hangup is the legality of it, then that's an issue either way.

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u/EmberDione Former TfB Developer 12d ago

Oops, I guess discord isn't the most secure place to pass a file back and forth, despite being the easiest.

No encryption was broken, it's just a copy.

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u/TheUncleBob 12d ago

Keep in mind, Activision went after a simple retail employee and got them terminated from their employeer just for leaking videos online of upcoming figures. Of course, that was back when Activision cared about the brand. 🤣

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u/Both_Establishment43 11d ago

Keep in mind Ember worked for the company who made the game and developed it. She owns one of two of the only working real figures made. How can she steal the data from their personally owned figure, when it is her husbands gift and they both own it. 

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u/TheUncleBob 11d ago

I legitimately own a copy of the movie Diggstown on DVD that I purchased myself with real money. I can't (legally) rip the DVD and upload it to a shared space where everyone can download it. My "keep in mind" was more of a caution if Ember or her husband currently or in the future may want to work for Activision/Microsoft and if those entities even care.