I wouldn't call it piracy, but you really should remove that link.

That's very nice of you, but this has been claimed by now, so please remove the link so it can not be abused. It has now been locked and it will remain locked until people stop clicking the link.

Well, I guess it isn't. But I'm an optimist and so I assume that he didn't realize what he was doing and thought that by posting the link, the games could only be claimed by one person.

I wasn't accusing him of knowing or deliberate piracy, just trying to point out that everyone can access that link (or could until it was locked). Unwitting piracy is still piracy...

Regardless of piracy or not indie royale most likely will block the link at a certain point thus making it useless for anyone.

it is locked now for 24 hours, unless someone click the link. Then it will be locked for 24 hours more.

No, it locked because one person used it. It's intended for one person. One person accesses it. After that it's locked out to others. That's how most (if not all) bundle links work.

not the case (was gonna ignore it but just so you're informed).
"Your bundle cannot be shown

We're sorry but an error has occured which is stopping us from showing you your awesome bundle. If you've lost or forgotten your key, try the retrieve key page. This is the problem:

"It appears this key (KEY) has been shared by multiple people (20). Please keep your Indie Royale key private. We will automatically unlock this key in 20 hours unless it continues to be accessed by multiple people. If you wish to purchase a copy of the current bundle and support indie game developers, you can do so here."

If you have questions about this problem, contact us with the details and we will do our best to help. Return to the homepage."

If that's actually the case then that's crazy. It should be common sense enough to lock these things down better than that. How else is the system supposed to work?

No.

That's how gift links work. This is not a gift link, this is the actual link. It's temporarily locked out because like 20 people clicked it at once but it'll get unlocked.

It's how Humble Bundle links that aren't connected to an account work too. It's how pretty much all bundles work, even those with optional account systems like Humble and IR.

Don't be so quick to be an ignorant dick to me when the truth is self evident.

I was never accusing you of deliberately causing piracy, just warning you that you might be. There was really no need for you to be such a dick about it, especially when it turns out you don't know what you're talking about.

I'm not a web store developer, so I have no bloody idea. Just telling you what it says.

The system is: You buy the bundle, they send you the link which you keep secret. Just be thankful that IR have a temporary lock system when it's accessed from too many different IPs in a short space of time.

Oh well, at least they were giving it away to loads of people anyway.

Yeah, I can't imagine they're selling many copies of this anyway given how many they've given away...

I've been a subscriber forever though and I've still not had my email.