You will never be arrested for piracy. All that matters is the ethical stand point. Is it morally wrong to download a new copy of a piece of software you have already paid for? |
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My brother and I bought a game in like, '06 or '07. It was one of my favorite games. I just plugged in my old hard drive from a broken laptop I used to play the game back then using a SATA / IDE to USB 2.0 cable but sadly I must have uninstalled it as it wasn't there. |
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Last edited by Loaf; 10-04-2011 at 06:25 AM.
You will never be arrested for piracy. All that matters is the ethical stand point. Is it morally wrong to download a new copy of a piece of software you have already paid for? |
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Depends where you download the software from. If you download it from an authorised retailer or from the producer, I believe it is okay. However not all sites are permitted to share the software, and those sites cannot say wether or not you have the right to download it. In the future however most game producers will register you, allowing future downloads, so you never have to miss a CD again. |
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Yeah it's completely ethical, I don't even think that should be considered. When you purchase a game, a movie or a song, you're purchasing the right to use and copy it, and even share it with friends. You do not purchase the right to sell it for your own profit, but other than that, it's up to you. This is not like buying a car. I remember those comercials showing you how if you're not unethical enough to steal a car you shouldn't pirate. This is nonsense, a car is an object, you're purchasing something material. With something copyrighted, you're not purchasing anything but the right to access that. You're not purchasing the CD the game came in, you're purchasing the game. |
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Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
Exactly, religion has been proving that for countless years now. |
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Thanks for the response. Ethically, I find it okay. But I did more research and I found that: |
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Digital versions of things are still considered "copies"; you bought one copy of a game but that doesn't give you the right to another one without paying for it. There seems to be some resistance to the fact that just because something isn't physical, it doesn't make it right to use if you're supposed to pay for it. Physical and digital versions should not be deemed one or the other - they are both copies. I wouldn't download anything; besides, it's not legal. |
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If you can get in trouble for using something you do not own the rights to, you should be able to reclaim things you have purchased the rights to. |
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Not exactly what is hypocritical about any of this, but okay. |
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Reselling software is a large issue in the software industry, epsecially games. The problem is that a used game is, for the most part, no worse than a new game, so each time a game is resold, the original maker loses money. |
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Mmm, very true. I've never considered the idea of people reselling a game, because indeed, the money does not go to the developer. But if you are anything like me, buying a 2nd hand scratched disc is far from ideal haha. |
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Last edited by Loaf; 10-05-2011 at 08:51 AM.
If you can't get convicted for downloading a copy of software you already own (assuming you don't upload anything in the process), doesn't that make it legal by definition? |
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The wording of the first sentence makes that sound very logical, however, you're.not purchasing the rights to the game, you're purchasing a single physical copy and the right to use that. |
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They own the patent on the iphone meaning you couldn't reverse engineer it and sell the exact same design. |
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Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
Technically that isn't true, on the subject of Apple being touchy with its iPhones, its technically also illegal to install Mac OSX on a non-Macintosh machine, regardless if you own the computers and have purchased a legal copy of retail OSX. People still openly create hackintosh's and I don't think anyone has or ever will get in trouble for doing so, but it still stands. When you buy the program, you also take on board whatever licenses the author slapped on it. |
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Last edited by Marvo; 10-06-2011 at 09:37 AM.
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