[Japo]

You don't have to convince PayPal that what this leech is doing is illegal, you only have to make them think that they don't want themselves involved in it, even because of public image alone. I'm sure they've suspended a lot of accounts because of non-compliance with their AUP whatever the legal stance of the practices involved.

Win98, reading the response you got with more attention, it seems that they think you're claiming copyright infringement on the games themselves, and it even seems that they're not aware that Abandonia doesn't host games anybody wants it not to host.

Anyway the games are a matter of the ESA and I don't think we can do a lot about that. First this leech is not hosting them, only linking to people who host them. Second to the ESA it's indifferent if you're hosting their games for free or you're charging for something or you're swindling. If the ESA wants to stop their games from being distributed, it will contact the sources rather than this leech.

Secondly, sine Abandonia does not hold the copyrights of the games, the only copyrights it can claim are the reviews'. But in order to expose the leech to PayPal it might be equally effective to expose the leech's other foul practices, be they illegal or not. PayPal is no Swiss bank, if they have their own private Acceptable Use Policy (besides the legislation from several countries they must comply with), it's because they must care about their public image.