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ghettoglamour on 12 January 2015

Never, really. Don't be hipocrite.

I don't pirate games because I care about the industry. I occasionally pirate movies and always pirate music because I don't give a shit about them.

I know I'm thief, but I at least admit it.



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Rankstrail on 12 January 2015

So I can't download Metal Gear Solid HD Collection just because my slim CFW PS3 doesn't run my ORIGINAL PS2 copy of the same games? Do I need to take out the ps2 from the box and buy and expensive video adapter to get bad graphics and interlacing problems on my pc monitor?



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Zoombael on 12 January 2015
Darwinianevolution said:
KLXVER said:
Ka-pi96 said:

When you already own it. Which is also the only time piracy is legal, so yay for that


Its still not legal...


I'm sure it is, it's called a back-up copy.


Cracks/No-DVDs are never legal. But i guess that's not the point of this thread.

 

 

Anfebious said:
I live in south america and games are expensive. I can afford videogames now but this wasn't always the case... Besides it goes without punishment over here! So why not? 

Call me a motherfucker, go on. See if I care.


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Zoombael on 12 January 2015
Rankstrail said:

So I can't download Metal Gear Solid HD Collection just because my slim CFW PS3 doesn't run my ORIGINAL PS2 copy of the same games? Do I need to take out the ps2 from the box and buy and expensive video adapter to get bad graphics and interlacing problems on my pc monitor?


I got my ps2slim hooked up to my HDTV. And to make the 'bad graphics' go away i only needed a component cable. :|



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garywood on 12 January 2015

I dunno about the word legitimate. Maybe "morally acceptable" would be a better question.

I'd consider it morally acceptable if

1) you already own it but just want to play it in a more convenient format (e.g play on pc rather than go and dust off your old console)

2) you're not going to play it at all otherwise. e.g I only play handhelds. It's the only thing I have the time for. Am I OK in playing pirated SNES games on my PSP? I think yes I am. If nintendo had them on the 3DS, I would've paid for them. But as it stands, custom firmware on a PSP is the only way to play SNES games on the move.



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oldschoolfool on 12 January 2015

If you live in a poor country and that's your only option in the world,then I can understand it.



ThatDanishGamer on 12 January 2015

I think it's fair to stream tv/music/movies if there's no way watch it legally in your own country. It's not okay to stream/download a movie that's sold on DVD/Blu-ray 4 months later.



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Vini256 on 12 January 2015

When you buy a game on Steam and it comes with uPlay.



archer9234 on 12 January 2015
Darwinianevolution said:
archer9234 said:
Bristow9091 said:
What do you guys think of pirating a game that wasn't released in your country, or is considered rare and the only way to get it is to pay into the hundreds? Personally I find both these reasons as legitimate, especially the first, because if anything it shows the publishers that people from said countries are interested in the game and would more than likely buy it if it were released there... it especially annoys me when games are released in the US but not in the UK...

But then for the first reason, I suppose the word "import" comes to mind... so that sort of makes my reasoning pretty pointless, right?

But you first have to hack your system to play them, most of the time. So you  already are crossing a bad line. Because of said company.

I'm sure modding a console isn't illegal, a lot of modding sites tell you at the beginning that it's only legal playing backup copies of games you already own and it's your responsability if you decide to actually pirate games.

Everything that pertains to this, is basically illigeal in the US half the time. Like one step is a no no. Read a CD's fine print that's released recently. It basically says if you lend this disc, it's illgeal. It's so broad in words. By even letting someone else touch it, I'm potetionally doing a crime.



Burek on 12 January 2015
archer9234 said:
Darwinianevolution said:

I'm sure modding a console isn't illegal, a lot of modding sites tell you at the beginning that it's only legal playing backup copies of games you already own and it's your responsability if you decide to actually pirate games.

Everything that pertains to this, is basically illigeal in the US half the time. Like one step is a no no. Read a CD's fine print that's released recently. It basically says if you lend this disc, it's illgeal. It's so broad in words. By even letting someone else touch it, I'm potetionally doing a crime.

I cannot say anything about the US, but the EU courts usually protect consumers/citizens and they have repeatedly ruled that modding is not illegal.

Once you purchase/pay for any product, it is considered transfer of ownership, and the producer by taking payment relinquishes all subsequent rights to that product.

Once you buy a console, it is yours, and you're free to do whatever you please, use it, dismantle it, set it on fire, mod it.... Console is a product just the same as a desk, car tyre, pencil or a washing machine. Yet somehow people think that Sony and MS have the right to poke into our living rooms. I wonder how you would feel if Ikea made surprise visits to see if you assembled their chair "legally".