Hi, I made this new thread to make sure things are spoken clearly. I am looking for a VPS/Dedicated Server sponsorship. I am not going to ask for alot on the VPS. I plan on hosting a game called "Maplestory" and yes you can say its not Illegal. The owner of the game recons it's Illegal however the company has not sued anyone so far. Small servers like mine wont get in there way. No worries for Legal/Lawsuits. I can promise you that. I can sign 1 Year contract with a sponsor. Any Lawsuits that takes place will have my signature and address on the form. I would not mind signing any forms with 1 year contract. I was not happy how Digital VPS + (Forgot) said they was going to sponsor me but never replied after it. Please don't waste my time if you are not going to sponsor me. I am doing this like Adults as you see. My information: Hosting: Maplestory Domains: 2 domains (.com/.net) Linkbacks/Links/Traffic: 3-4 sites my server will be advertised on) Search gtop100 on google. Here is the specs I need: RAM: 1GB (Atleast) CPU: 1.00 Ghz+ OS: Windows (Any) Softwares: MYSQL, Apache, Java (I can set this up manually). Things that I will do to help you out with the sponsor you give me: - Any Google Adsense/Advertisement programmes. - Links on the header, Front page, Your advertisement, (Below copyright with your link) - VBulletin Advertisement - Signatures and mouth of wording around - Ingame link on top saying "This server is sponsored by (YourHost)" Advantage/Facts: - I know one company that sponsored 2 large networks and got a few customers going in there company. This is a fact and PM me if you want evidence. - It could encourage people to buy or come into your host (Buy/Traffic/Trade) - Since my server is going to get advertised alot of people are going to be thinking of " Wow, this server is up long and no downtimes and they are sponsored by (YourHost)" NOTE: I will deny any people who are not going to talk this like adults. Lastly please tell me what else you might want on my site/server.
Are you serious? You're asking someone to sponsor you and you're letting the host know that you plan to host illegal software on their server therefore making the host complicit in your actions and a party to any lawsuit the owners of the software may want to bring. Just because they haven't sued anyone yet doesn't mean they won't. Yeah, right! Who do you think they will come after? The hosting company, with assets a trading address and money, or the virtual person who hired their server and who possibly can't be found? If the host wasn't complicit in your breaking the law they might be OK, but by agreeing to what you are asking they are party to your illegal behaviour and puting themselve at risk. Think about it a little bit harder before asking people to put their business in danger. What are you offering? No money, all the costs borne by the host, all the risk taken by the host, and you give them a sponsored link on your site to make it easy for the owner of the software to find the person with the money so that they can sue. Some deal.
Errr.... Please rephrase you self. The game company dont have much evidence to sue. Why do you think one server long time back got caught and its been nearly 2 years they took actions? No evidence... My server is going to be small not big therefore nothing would happen. I am just looking for a good sponsor. Offshore ones are the best... Yes, let them try sue me... I had phone calls from the old lawyer from that company... He chased me for 1 year now and nothing happens... Lets wait another 2 years shall we... They just scare little kids with DMCA's. Sponsor me or not its your choice.
Obviously, private servers are illegal, as their hosts are violating copyright laws. According to the article post on asiaoneDigital, “Intellectual property lawyer Daniel Lim, from Stamford Law Corporation, said that in addition to lawsuits by the copyright owner, people running private servers can face a fine of up to $20,000 and six months in jail.†So good luck in finding a server for this. Although you are on "Offshore" based server if DMCA push your DataCenter to shut you down they will have to obey it. Only PRQ.SE offer a true offshore server at the moment where The Pirate Bay is hosted. For free services it's not even worth to risk for it.
B.S, I hosted my server with 700+ people for couple months and I got many threats and calls, nothing happened bro. Explain that?
Yes still it is not you who is on the high risk. The hoster does. If you really confident that you wont get into any trouble then go get a dedicated server. I believe when the time come your server will get terminated as even offshore Datacenter will have to agree to on DMCA takedown notice except for prq.se. If you get a lots of player then you should ask for donation from your player instead to support your server fees.
If an offshore VPS sponsors me oviously all donations would go towards the server. Not like I am going to run away. I really don't think it's a risk because the lawyer on the phone (Nexon) hardly do crap. It's been long time since hes saying "I am going to drag you to jail". He main trick is scaring people with DMCA's. What? I know. Alot of offshore servers would say its ok in my case. I only know a few offshore companies. There's not many around. I have friend's whos got servers hosted on Amazon servers. Wow? Nothing happened.