The oxymoronic term of Private Servers

Private servers are the biggest oxymoron in the RO community.

Why?

Why call it private when you invite people in there?

Indeed, it's a sharp contradiction to their purpose.

Private servers were meant initially as testing grounds and personal playgrounds. But that clashed with the real purpose of RO.

So they invited people in.

But then comes a problem. Those servers are hot in Gravity's eyes and they'll be forced to shut down when caught.

The sad reality is that many players betray official servers for private servers, which claims to be managed better.

But that's tantamount to supporting and harboring criminals. No matter the argument.

And the crime? Copyright Infringement. it's like with emulators, it becomes illegal when you place the crucial piece of the diagram to make it work.

For game emulators, it is the ROM. For private servers, it is the resource files found in the client/pirated from the Aegis server.

Private servers are an oxymoron. And they are illegal too. I just don't understand the workings on how people manage to dodge copyright infringement with various technicalities, alibies and "open source" claims. Bah.

If the Orochi had his way, these infringers would've gone straight to hell in a wink of an eye.