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Isn't it? Fair enough.

I warez anyway; but only after I have exhausted all alleyways! And usually only because of scratched/lost discs of games I DO own!

 

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Abandonwarez is illegal no matter what you say. The legal full version games are named "Freeware".

 

I think Abandonwarez should be legalized; make it legal, so that games like SMI could be played ( well, maybe it is in shops somewhere but not here where I live... ), or Frederik Pohl's Gateway ( a great text-graphic adventure ) and so on.

 

Abandonwarez is kinda two bladed sword. Other players think it as legal and go with it, some players think it's illegal ( but still go with it ); I for one.

 

So that makes me a pirate. It is time to step abroad!

 

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Most companies put the game out for free after like five years.

which I think is good.

Imagine in 20 years:

List:

00000ABC-games

011DDS

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MI1

MI2

MI3

MI4

MI5

MI6

Coming up: MI7 and MI8

 

Maybe

 

 

 

 

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anything "warez" is illegal, but abandon"ware" is not, when software companies quit producing specific copies of a game, it is legal to download it, (i read an artical somewhere about this, but i forget the exact details)

 

 

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hmmm... abandonwarez is only legal if the gamecompanies have said a game can be downloaded freely on net.

 

I think MI2 isn't abandonwarez, for example, as you can still find it in shops; from bounty-packs and Lucasarts collections.

 

So the line between abandonwarez and warez is often really shallow.. beware not to become a pir8!

 

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But I do want to be a pirate.

 

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Guybrush: You seem bitter.

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there's a difference between a pirate and a pir8, the last one meaning a computer-hacker-game-copier guy.

 

I suggest you to join the pirate-crew of ours, not the pir8-crew!

 

You're always welcome aboard, and you're always welcome to talk with me.

 

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Well I saw somewhere else on this message board that someone said that LEC had abandoned MI1. Not sure where.

 

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Guybrush: You seem bitter.

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I did download SMI and LCR, but only because i had exausted myself looking for the disks my brother had bought YEARS ago, and looking in the stores. I would never download EMI or anything, because that's available in stores!!!!!

P.S. Anyone know where I can buy CMI???

 

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Frenchyd: you're allowed to download the games from net if you have bought the originals, and if your brother has, then you haven't done anything illegal.

 

BTW. downloading an abandonwarez game isn't illegal if you delete it within 24 hours smile.gif

 

My dad bought LCR years ago when it was new and fresh; I gotta admit that the box is very cool! But now one disk is missing so I've downloaded into my computer as well...

 

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