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[The Fifth Horseman]

Those other sites are usually just lucky to not have been found by ESA.

When they are found, they will receive a simple "cease or desist" order, and if they fail to comply, they will be totally and permamently shut down.

We used to have an agreement with ESA where they allowed us to host some of the games they protect, but someone in here has overlooked the fact that a couple ESA-protected games were uploaded without ESA's permission.
They ordered us to remove the games within 24 hours or they will terminate the site. We had no other choice but to comply.

This was about a year ago.