Acevil said:
kitler53 said:
Euphoria14 said:
Can any of you "Anti-piracy" crusaders point me in the direction of where I could buy a copy of Terranigma on SNES?
I don't want to hurt the industry and would rather buy it on VC or possibly a newly shipped copy.
Oh yeah and while you are at it, please do the same for Dragon Ball Z: Legend of the Super Sayain. I loved that game back in the day when I...err... fuck, it never released outside of Japan. 
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you know, i'm probably the loudest voice on this site for anti-piracy and even i won't really argue against you. i'm still a bit down on it and i don't do it myself but i just never understood the length of copyrights. if a patent is 20 years why is a copyright almost 100 years? if the artist is dead why is his work protected for an additional 50 years?
oh, and your arguments are pretty valid. if there is no "legal" route available to make that purchase i can't really condemn you for finding an alternative.
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The reason copyright is longer is because it is used differently, it is usually designed work. The author is protected from his work being used by other individuals, and is protected for a long time. This regards typically to someone's "work" for example author and his written novel.
The reason why Patents expire, is to allow the playing field to be even after specific amount of time, but if they were never to exist, it wouldn't encourage R&D. This regards typically to inventions.
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i know that patent and copywrites apply to completely different situations but the intent is reasonably the same imo. it is there to protect those that create. whether i created the wizarding world of harry potter or a new way to purify silicon the protections need to be put into place to entice people/companies to keep creating.
... but how is 50 years after the author is dead fair? there needs to be a period after which the works are just public domain. no one should still have ownership of shakespear's work ... it should be everyones right to consume at this point.
i dunno, i obviously am a believer in copywrites. i'm a pretty staunch defender of them actually. but 100 years? to me that is overkill. at this point, atari games really should just be public domain imo.
