Why was the 'Cracked' thread locked ?

Originally Posted by Uber Gruber

Out of absolutely genuine interest could anyone please tell me why the following thread was locked ?

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=168287

The OP simply brought this community's attention to an article on a reputable website. Surely we're not going to start adopting such a draconian level of censorship here in subsim ? The subject matter of the article is of direct relevence to this forum. It was posted in way that did not breach existing forum rules and so I can as yet see no reason whatsoever for why it was locked.

Are the management of subsim effectively saying that we cannot discuss piracy at all, no matter if the BBC itself runs an article ?

Personally, I would not be able to participate in a community that exercises such a level of censorship...it sort of falls foul of my 'better world' ideals.

So an honest and open answer here would be greatly appreciated.

Yours, somewhat confused,

UG

I echo your sentiments, as much as I'm utterly fed up of discussing DRM, the idea of just silencing a thread because of a legitimate post about a cracked version (note that there was no mention of how it was cracked, just that it was) is in my opinion, wrong.

I'd also like to as as to why the picture in this thread was removed and the reason given was that the picture was 'not allowed' - While I agree that pornographic content should be banned, this was in no way pornographic, yes, perhaps a little racy, however I've seen pictures as part of mods over in the workshop that add racy pictures to the game. Should screen shots of said mods be removed also?

The aforementioned picture was in a British newspaper, yet for some reason too pornographic for this forum.... Could someone explain this to me?