<story><title>G2A pays Factorio developer $40k over illegally obtained game keys</title><url>https://www.polygon.com/2020/5/20/21265275/g2a-confirms-it-sold-stolen-game-keys</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>css</author><text>G2A is, and has always been, a black market for software. They list Windows 10 for $27 [0], McAfee for $4 [1], among many other things [2]. They sponsor professional esports teams to add legitimacy to their brand [3].&lt;p&gt;[0]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.g2a.com&amp;#x2F;microsoft-windows-10-pro-microsoft-key-global-i10000083916004&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.g2a.com&amp;#x2F;microsoft-windows-10-pro-microsoft-key-g...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[1]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.g2a.com&amp;#x2F;mcafee-antivirus-pc-1-device-1-year-mcafee-key-global-i10000178790001&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.g2a.com&amp;#x2F;mcafee-antivirus-pc-1-device-1-year-mcaf...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.g2a.com&amp;#x2F;category&amp;#x2F;software-c5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.g2a.com&amp;#x2F;category&amp;#x2F;software-c5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[3]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;navi.gg&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;read&amp;#x2F;text&amp;#x2F;232-navi-prolongs-the-partnership-with-cs-go-players&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;navi.gg&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;read&amp;#x2F;text&amp;#x2F;232-navi-prolongs-the-partnersh...&lt;/a&gt; (Note the logos on the uniforms)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>lagadu</author><text>Why do you say it&amp;#x27;s a black market? Reselling of license keys is legal within the EU. Granted the hundreds of keys mentioned in the article were originally stolen, therefore illegal to sell but it seems they&amp;#x27;re taking steps to combat those, including honoring the 10x agreement with the developers.&lt;p&gt;Having quickly googled it, I&amp;#x27;ve seen much criticism about their sale of grey market keys (keys sold cheaper to specific markets being sold to other markets) but those are legal. Many  of the other criticisms are because some users are selling stolen keys, which puts g2a at the same level as Amazon or Ebay.</text></comment>
<story><title>G2A pays Factorio developer $40k over illegally obtained game keys</title><url>https://www.polygon.com/2020/5/20/21265275/g2a-confirms-it-sold-stolen-game-keys</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>css</author><text>G2A is, and has always been, a black market for software. They list Windows 10 for $27 [0], McAfee for $4 [1], among many other things [2]. They sponsor professional esports teams to add legitimacy to their brand [3].&lt;p&gt;[0]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.g2a.com&amp;#x2F;microsoft-windows-10-pro-microsoft-key-global-i10000083916004&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.g2a.com&amp;#x2F;microsoft-windows-10-pro-microsoft-key-g...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[1]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.g2a.com&amp;#x2F;mcafee-antivirus-pc-1-device-1-year-mcafee-key-global-i10000178790001&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.g2a.com&amp;#x2F;mcafee-antivirus-pc-1-device-1-year-mcaf...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.g2a.com&amp;#x2F;category&amp;#x2F;software-c5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.g2a.com&amp;#x2F;category&amp;#x2F;software-c5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[3]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;navi.gg&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;read&amp;#x2F;text&amp;#x2F;232-navi-prolongs-the-partnership-with-cs-go-players&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;navi.gg&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;read&amp;#x2F;text&amp;#x2F;232-navi-prolongs-the-partnersh...&lt;/a&gt; (Note the logos on the uniforms)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Matsta</author><text>When I went to Poland earlier in the year, I even saw they sponsor a massive Arena: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;g2aarena.pl&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;g2aarena.pl&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>