-Why I Pirate- Is piracy justifiable?

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Icyedge said:

Euphoria14 said:

Icyedge said:

 

Your copy was not even pirated since the product wasnt licensed here.

Then what exactly am I doing wrong when I download Xenoblade, Soma Bringer and most likely The Last Story?

Media paints me as a terrible human being.

You legally can, and thats even good for the artist. Its publicity for their current work, then their future works might have enough demand to license and release it here.

The other great thing behind piracy is distribution of discontinued works. That isnt legal though, but maybe it should.

Its down to the publisher and/or artist to license and distribute their works in your country, if they dont, then its their problem not yours.

The counter arguement to that would be the Virtual console and it's ilk.   If I pirated Super Mario Bros 3 anywhere between the SNES to Wii era what's my motivation to buy it?