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ArceePrime

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    ArceePrime got a reaction from AdamCrazyDude2007 in mugen archive - A Deserving Rant -   
    That's insane.  That is yet another reason to blacklist the Mugen Archive.  I too hope that if they are caught for their piracy that they are made to pay all the money they have to all the companies they have infringed copyrights against and are held accountable for their piracy.  This is criminal, and not a single member who donated should ever receive a single penny back and it goes to paying restitution for violating copyright.  I'll admit that I had the misfortune of joining the Mugen Archive, first, before realizing their sleazy practices and joined this site.  Thankfully, I have never donated any money, not even a single cent, to this criminal site.  Now that I know they also pirate copyrighted games, as well, I distrust them even more.  Thanks for bringing this up, RicePigeon.  As such, we must keep the Mugen Archive blacklisted forever and hope they pay the price for their crimes and selfish greed.
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    ArceePrime got a reaction from AdamCrazyDude2007 in mugen archive - A Deserving Rant -   
    I have found more reasons to dislike the Mugen Archive.  Their previous use of AdFly was used for downloading anything from the archive to make money, whether it be characters or stages or even full mugen games or screenpacks.  I have learned they have dropped AdFly for advertising to generate revenue, but still ask for donations.  This is a big problem.  By using AdFly and asking for donations for the Mugen Archive, they are breaking copyright laws to characters they don't own.  This is piracy.  Marvel, Capcom, SNK, DC Comics and so on and so forth own their characters for their respective intellectual property.  Such custom characters, for example, like Superman and Batman, both owned by DC Comics, I consider interactive fan art, and should not be used for profits or monetary gain.  Anytime that anyone sells fan art like Mugen characters that resemble Marvel or DC characters is infringing copyright laws on whatever company owns the characters that we, the players and creators, do not legally own.  They essentially become bootlegs.  Such copyright infringement, as we know it, is illegal, and if Marvel Entertainment, LLC. or DC Comics or Disney, and even Capcom and so forth finds that the Mugen Archive is asking for donations for so called "VIP" status, they can and quite frankly should file a cease and desist order to stop the Mugen Archive from receiving donations for content they do not legally own.  Some former users of the Mugen Archive are even locked out of their accounts and are required to make a donation to regain access to their accounts.  Again, this is illegal.  These mandatory donations are enabling the Mugen Archive to commit piracy for content they do not legally have any copyrights to.  With that said, some characters are original works, and originally conceived by actual artists who worked on all the sprites and moves of their original characters.  For example, Dragon Claw is an original character created by Singaporean creator Reuben Kee, and he had copyright for his Dragon Claw.  Even after his death from a team boating race that drowned him and several of his teammates when his boat tipped over, I believe his surviving family now own the rights to Dragon Claw, even though he is still available to download for free, which I am grateful that they still allow players to download him and add to their Mugen.  May Reuben Kee rest in peace.  With that said, I hope these points I have brought up helps all of us understand that they are breaking copyright laws and are committing piracy with these so called donations that they for some players are mandatory for them to even access anything.  To finish this post off, I'll leave a link for a video by True Gamer on YouTube for his input on the Mugen Archive, as this video helped me with my post.  You all take care, and have a good one.
     
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh2fOb8CiGQ
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    ArceePrime got a reaction from AdamCrazyDude2007 in mugen archive - A Deserving Rant -   
    Another point to dislike the Mugen Archive: let's not forget the "community weekend event" that prohibits inactive users from downloading from Mugen Archive, in which, according to Dizzy, is intended to be a community growing event to become more "active members."  This sort of thing is ridiculous and is another reason that so many former members, like myself, have turned away from the Mugen Archive.  As such, we cannot control what they do with their website or their actions.  We can only control what we can do about our lives and just move on past the Mugen Archive and join better sites like Mugen Free For All.  Another thing to know is if the moderators there like Dizzy keeps their bad antics up, eventually, they will end up losing so much support and won't be as active as they'd like to be.  As for you're ban from the site, Modo_ekitz, I'm sorry to here about it.  As we know, they are nothing but a bunch of immature hacks who doesn't know how to run a website properly.  We just have to move on from the Mugen Archive and never look back.  That is all I have to say about the archive in this post for now.  And as Dissidia already said on this topic, "welcome to the club."
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    ArceePrime reacted to RicePigeon in Reminder regarding blacklisted websites [UPDATED 10/30/23]   
    Reminder regarding blacklisted websites
    While Mugen Free For All strives to provide a warehouse directory for all M.U.G.E.N content made throughout the engine's existence, various creators across the world may choose to adopt different methods of hosting. While many of these sites are safe, some are not. Over the past few months, we've noticed a growing number of such sites, which we have had to remove. Either due to ethical/moral concerns over monetizing free content, or due to security exploits, we have had to blacklist these websites. We ask that you do not link to any of these blacklisted websites, as these links will be deleted on sight and the person responsible will be infracted, with repeat violations warranting further disciplinary action if necessary. If you notice any of these links, we ask you to please use the report to staff function so that we may address them accordingly.
     
    The following websites/urls have been blacklisted due to known security vulnerabilities and/or unethical practices:
    2shared Adb.ug Adf.ly Cashfly Ceestyy.com Coinurl Destyy.com Easyurl.net Festyy.com Gestyy.com Link4ad.com Linkbucks Mugenarchive Sh.st Shortenurl.tk Shorte.st Urlcash as well as any website listed here  
    The following websites/urls, while not blacklisted, are discouraged due to requiring user registration:
    4shared  
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