When ye have one a the year's most anticipated games, ye'll also have people who want t' pillage their hands on it as soon as possible -- at any price or, in some cases, any risk. Such be the case with Call a Duty: Modern Warfare 2 last year, 'n it be happening this year with Call a Duty: Black Ops, which be already making the rounds in bootlegged form.

Contrary t' it be approach t' Modern Warfare 2's piracy, which be t' seek arrests for anyone found selling illegal copies a the game, Activision be simply asking Black Ops pirates t' cut it out, 'n quite politely it seems. VentureBeat has posted the story a one bootleg buyer who has uploaded a series a videos detailing being tracked down by the publisher's private investigators, IP Cybercrime, on YouTube. According t' the article, rather than report individuals such as the sea dog t' the police, IP the firm be requesting that they "AVAST! selling 'n t' tell them where they got their wares," adding that "Most a the pirates be scared, surrendered their game copies 'n cooperated."

that be not t' say the investigators aren't willing t' employ more serious methods in dealing with people who don't give in t' the "good cop" approach. "One young pirate be being a 'wise ass' 'n adamantly refused t' cooperate," VentureBeat reported. "So the investigators called his mother."