Why is there so much negativity toward piracy?

[midrange]

Cobretti2 said:

midrange said:

If you own the original published copy, then you are not pirating, you are emulating. This is the basic argument for keeping emulators as not illegal. When you buy a game, you buy the ability to play the code, so you are allowed to play said code on an emulator. However, you are not allowed to redistribute said code. Redistributing and recieving without the purchase of the game is pirating and then things become illegal. This is the basic argument against emulators.

as for your second hypothetical, apply it to a physical purchase. If you buy a game and it doesn't work, you bring it to the attention to the company (perhaps through a lawsuit). But you don't go stealing/pirating another copy

No saying you download the pirated copy. Just the crack to patch over the installed original exe.

If you are attaching a crack/mod/patch, then that is missing and nothing should be wrong seeing as how you own the copy. Just like you are allowed to scratch or clean a physical disc, you are allowed to fuck up or improve your software through modding.