This is ridiculous, its almost like I'm in high school again... I don't know what "scene" drama is worse, indie bands or Wii Homebrew.
Even the PSP scene didn't get this bad...
My question is this; what about those of use who AREN'T pirates but use pirate tools to play legitimately backed up games? I use USB Loader to play Smash Bros on ALL THE TIME, and I own it. Thats just one of the actual Wii discs I own that I use a USB Loader to play on. Any kind of mod where I can get around wearing my disc drive down, as it was one of the launch consoles with the shitty lens on it that has a hard time reading SSBB, I'm all for it. Every game I own for my 360 is installed to the hard drive, so my drive doesn't get used as quickly as it would vs reading from disc.
I have a few emulators, but jesus, where can I legitimately (and financially feasibly) get NES, SNES, Genesis, or Scumm games? Nowhere.
Where is the line drawn between piracy and legitimate "archiving" of your games? As far as everyone knows, any game anyone is playing on a USB Loader when they post in a thread saying "PLZ HALP I CNT GET ____ TO WURK IN MAI USB LODUR," they actually own. Unless you go to their house, and don't find any Wii games while they're playing MadWorld on their Wii. Until you KNOW they're a pirate, don't accuse most of being one. But hell, would half of the users be here if it wasn't for piracy?
I say, let them do what they want with their software. Someone else will pick up their slack anyway, and code pirate tools, if they're really doing this with "TrustDev."