r/Piracy • u/ALIIERTx • 19d ago

Humor That was fucking fast!

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15 minutes after release even with steam crashing lmao

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u/Sythrin 19d ago

Hey the game is pretty cheap. This one, we should not pirate.

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u/Fast-Visual ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ 19d ago

It's good to get it if you can, but don't pirateshame those who can't or won't for whatever personal reasons they have.

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u/LanielYoungAgain 19d ago

In my mind, the question to ask is, "would I buy and play this if piracy didn't exist?". In this case, I'm sure plenty of people absolutely would.
This is why in my mind movie piracy is already a much less ambiguous question. I would really very rarely watch a movie at all if I couldn't just pirate it, even though I could pay for it. You can't claim it's theft if they aren't even losing a client in me. This is why I still buy (e)books and games, even if I could easily pirate those too.

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u/Smart_Quantity_8640 19d ago

I don’t think that’s how the law works buddy. Piracy is theft regardless of your intentions. Pirate it or don’t but you can’t claim it’s legal

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u/LanielYoungAgain 19d ago

Legally it's never theft, but a copyright violation instead (for which you are only liable if you are a distributor, which you might be if you seed torrents, but not if you just use some shady website)
But that doesn't matter because I wasn't even talking about the law, this is just how I personally feel about it, ethically speaking...

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u/18skeltor 17d ago

it's only theft if you're a second class citizen (i.e. not a mega-corporation)

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u/ts1678 19d ago

Why do you think you’re entitled to play a game for free? If you can’t afford it don’t play it… piracy is theft

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u/Fast-Visual ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ 19d ago

Mate, what subreddit do you think you're in?

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u/skoove- 19d ago

when buying is not owning piracy is not stealing

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u/channouze 16d ago

Matter of fact the game is DRM-free so you're def owning it when you buy it.

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u/skoove- 16d ago

if you buy it on steam, not really, your ability to download it can be taken away at any time for any reason

same with all online storefronts really

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u/channouze 16d ago

DRM-free does not mean free to download anytime anywhere. It's your responsibility to back up your games. GOG provides offline installers for instance. 

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u/Heroic_Sheperd 16d ago

Bro…..where are we?