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Originally Posted by solemnclockwork
Under copyright laws reproduction is considered stealing. they word it in a way that you are taking profit and work from them.
Also under copyright protection you only own the right to play the game, in how the developers see fit (some are more lenient then others).
You also are not allowed to download copyright material even if you own it.( unless the developer makes it where you can legally). so if your only copy breaks, you have to buy a new one. Usually licenses are only for that one use, and that specific copy. So I would advise making a copy when you can.
Nintendo does have a stance even against backups.
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No it's not stealing at all. Considering it as stealing is a bad habit. I wouldn't buy the game IRL in any circumstances, so I downloaded it. I'm not taking any profit at all, because if I didn't download it, I wouldn't buy it... so nothing is lost. But I did infringe the copyright.
But it's not stealing.
You just came back at my point. They want us to buy another copy instead of downloading a game we already had bought but it's not working. Damaging their customers to profit their greedy a$$. All this piracy is something they deserve. And piracy is known for making good publicity to games.
Also if they give me a license of
one copy I'm allowed to do what I want with it. Backup of that copy should be allowed. The whole copyright thing they write is bastardized to the max.