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Would you pirate if it was legal?

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LiNcKz

Title says it all. I know most of you dont pirate games, And I was just wondering... Would you pirate if it was legal to pirate games?

Alternatively, Would you pirate if games had no DRM at all? (For example, If you pirate CoD you gotta play on cracked servers, But if theres no DRM a pirate copy is EXACTLY the same as the real thing)

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ZerosBeat

I would

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aPieceofPie

please don't necro dead topics.

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Raik

Well, atleast it's better than creating a new topic for the same purpose.

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Mozendo

Did you read his comment? I'd understand if his comment brought discussion to the thread, but it doesn't.

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aPieceofPie

pretty much this. otherwise I wouldn't have an issue.

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MmMspeedy

Well I don't supposed it would be pirating if it were legal. What kind of pirate downloads his plunder legally?

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ljazzyl

Here pirate is legal.

Even our free government notebooks have pirated software. For gods sake

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Onomatopesha

It's illegal, that doesn't mean our government should do it...

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MrTissue

Your government gives your free laptops? DAMN! WHERE IS THAT?

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BananaNation

Free shitty netbooks are not worth living here.

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ljazzyl

+1

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Blairhexor

Well, when this would be legal. Who would buy games then....And who would try to program and sell games? Nobody, coz it wouldnt bring any profit. I like to pay for my games...

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JoeyBeanz

Well if it was legal, it wouldn't really be piracy would it?

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thenevernow

Moral guideline: pirate the majors, support indies.

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AzureFang

If you go by the Old Code it's:

1) Always pirate for free
2) Never sell your plunder
3) If you enjoy or make extensive use of your plunder, buy it
4) If you do not like/do not use your plunder, delete it

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dirtySanchez

sounds fair

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itswhatever

I like that.

But getting back to the question, of course.

I only pirate games to try it. If I like it, I'll buy it.

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Herpulese

says the guy with the pirate avatar.. thats not biased at all

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thenevernow

Good point. :) But the avatar was not picked with games specifically in mind.

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cRookie

Would you be a pirate if it was legal? Can you be smart if you are stupid? That's kinda like this thread title sounds, pirate means illegal, so obviously being legal would change the whole definition and perception of that word. But the answer is yes, it wouldn't mean the same thing, so why wouldn't I?

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KungFuActionJesus

The main reason I don't pirate games is because of Steam, so if games had no DRMs, that would mean no Steam, so yeah I would pirate games.

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CoolieMcAwesome

Why the hell did that guy three month necro?

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kudoboi

no. i think pirating is just wrong. if you hate a game or want to boycott a company then just don't buy any of their games but don't pirate them either.

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JamesBond007

the only thing why i would pirate is because of DRM . DRM is an abomination upon the earth. A blight. I hope for the day when it disappears from the face of the planet, but alas, it is only getting worst with the friggin always online bullsh*t and crappy 3 installs only and other kind of sadistic methods people think of. People pirate because of 3 major things: to test a game that has no demo, because they have no money to buy it and because of the blasted DRM .

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Catnip

Why pay if you could get it for free? Lol, what kind of question is that.

Duh, just noticed this shit is 3 months old already.

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Crossbourne

Closing thread. Do not necro old threads please.

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Closed 1 decade ago by LiNcKz.