| liquidninja said: @steven787 Not the freedom to steel. The freedom to share, trade, back-up something I own. Except legally I don't own it anymore. Because it's being licensed to me now at the rate something used to be sold to me. $50 to $60 for something I don't get to own that rediculas. |
Share? That is iffy. If you want to share, lend the original cart to your friend. Or do you like to "share" one ticket into movie theaters?
Trade?? So before you trade a game, you want to make a copy for yourself?
Backup. Okay. There is some valididy in this. But given the first two, I wonder how much that really applies.
Now if you are just using this thread to support a mindset you have for PC anti-pirate methods then that makes a little more sense, but it is hard to blame the segment of the industry hit with the largest percentage of pirating. It all comes down to the fact that it is their product to do with what they may. If you don't like the terms of your licence, then don't buy it. By the way, you have never bought software or any other media. It has always been licenced.
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