Rogue15 Posted October 31, 2002 Posted October 31, 2002 If a game is out, and I go dload it, play it for a while, then delete it, isn't that the same as 'borrowing' a game from someone? think about it. You don't pay your friend money (unless you're nice, or he/she's a jerk) to borrow a game for a while. So, if I go and say, dload Jedi Outcast, planning to delete it as soon as I buy it, or delete it after I beat it, is that illegal, since it's basically borrowing a game...I understand that if you keep the game forever, aka burn it on a cd or something like that, it's probably illegal. But if you do the same thing with borrowing a game from a friend, as long as you return it, it's not illegal. what are your thoughts on this. (mods, please don't close the thread unless absolutely necessary)
PhantomHelix Posted October 31, 2002 Posted October 31, 2002 yeah, it would be the same. unfortunately, with some games when u d/l them, somethin goes wrong and it doesn't work. it really pisses me off alot.
SettingShadow Posted October 31, 2002 Posted October 31, 2002 With some downloaded games you gotta delete them after having them in 24hours after that it get illegal (I think its like that at least).
Elijah Posted October 31, 2002 Posted October 31, 2002 Originally posted by Squater With some downloaded games you gotta delete them after having them in 24hours after that it get illegal (I think its like that at least). In that case you could just delete it and download it every 24 hours OMG ITD BE LEGEET!
C'jais Posted October 31, 2002 Posted October 31, 2002 Practically yes, technically no. The problem is drawing the line somewhere: "Oooh, but I'm just gonna "borrow" this game from kazaa and then delete in 2/3/4/10 months when I get my balls together to go buy it." Or: "Ooops, I "borrowed" this game and now I'm bored of it, but even though I never actually got to buying it, it's still the same as borrowing it, so you can't just call me a h4x0r for that"
Kstar__2 Posted October 31, 2002 Posted October 31, 2002 it has two sides, if you borrow it from a friend, someone already payed for it (1 payed, 2 got the game) on the internet, it's most likely to be 1 payed, 1000 got the game, and when does "borrowing" turn into stealing? nice tread:D
PhantomHelix Posted October 31, 2002 Posted October 31, 2002 yeah, k__star2 has a point there. and so does cjais......it really just depends on your opinion on the subject. every1s opinoin is different........
JandoFett1842 Posted October 31, 2002 Posted October 31, 2002 Only thing thats gay aobut having 2 delete thouse games is emulators and roms, cuz 2 keep them leagal you have 2 do the 24 hour delete trash, and i like 2 play some of the old super nes games on the pc so i dont like that crap
leXX Posted October 31, 2002 Posted October 31, 2002 If you d/l a game or have a burn of it, it is illegal, full stop.
Jah Warrior Posted October 31, 2002 Posted October 31, 2002 I'd rather just buy the games, downloading ties up your connection for too long. download the dem, if thats good then buy the game. Cant afford the game? then dont play the game. conversely i would never consider paying £300 for XP or any other OS. if it was £50 i would call that fair, seeing as there are so many bugs in windows.
Madjai Posted November 1, 2002 Posted November 1, 2002 i only d/l a game to see if it doesnt suck. if its good enough i buy it.
_NinjaGaiden_ Posted November 1, 2002 Posted November 1, 2002 thw only way you can have copys of the game is if you own it and you can not be destributed to anyone else
acdcfanbill Posted November 1, 2002 Posted November 1, 2002 You know better than that Rogue... also note that you are allowed to keep a backup copy of most software.
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