dont bother this guy refuses to accept any opinions as valid other than the ones he showed up with . . . instead of admitting he pirates he fabricates a story about unnecessarily traveling to a another country to get something he could have said he bought on ebay & then drops it and decides to go with i used to own the game so its legal (i hope he has his receipts) fuck it
incorrect they are "licensed" because
you dont own the game and as such cant legally make copies or alter the game . . . you buy a disk (gamecard, ect) and the license to use the game file associated with the disk (card, ect) for personal use and while reselling a game falls into this vague standard of what you cant do so do backups like your copy of earthbound . . . perhaps your misunderstanding of licensing agreements is why you think you dont pirate but i assure you it is piracy you practice and the companies who's product you "
legally" download would agree
also see
this video of sony "telling the world to be criminals" lol . . . i think you are the one not grasping concepts..
That's not how it works at all my friend. Reselling anything isn't illegal unless it requires a permit, contract or license to use and the buyer doesn't have said permit, contract or license.
Also you're completely wrong about backups. It's not legal at all to download ROMS from the Internet whether you own the game or not You don't purchase a game and get granted a permanent license for personal use. If you lose the cartridge/disk you are 100% legally not entitled to another copy free. Period. If that were the case everyone who ever bought a physical disk would have just been given a free digital download when it stopped working. Sorry, but when have you ever bought a game, played it to breaking point, then called the developers asking for another copy because "you bought it already". That's not how it works at all...
You see what happens when a thread goes off topic... Why won't mods just lock this thread already.
Okay, let me explain this whole piracy deal a bit further for those who don't understand it.
Sony criminalizes people that resell their games. They treat them as criminals. This can be seen in the Eula (if you bother reading it.).
As per what Nintendo's old CEO Iwata had to say before he passed away, quote : "As the principle, please understand that the question is regarding a rather delicate issue to which no one can perhaps identify a clear-cut criterion. Of course, we cannot say that we can give tacit approval to any and all the activities which threaten our intellectual properties. But on the other hand, it would not be appropriate if we treated people who did something based on affection for Nintendo, as criminals."
Okay, now let me simplify all the things together.
Nintendo does not want to criminalize their fans. Sony does, and that is why they re-enforce their policies towards reselling games, while leaving bigger companies alone. This can be seen when video game companies shut down small console repair shops (even if it is not a direct parallel).
And finally, purchased games are
licensed to you. This applies both to digital AND physical copies of games. This, in fact, is the entire premise of Steam (however steam is more lenient to resellers with the key model they use).
This is the reason you are not legally allowed to resell OR share games. You are not allowed to resell your game because only the company makes profit off of the game and they lose a customer. Sharing games is the same aswell (yet again different with some steam games, some of them actually don't let you play with family share).
This was the entire purpose of download play, by the way. To let your friends play without needing to share the entire game with them, losing profit to the company.
Now. If you purchase a game, you own the license for the game. If you, lets say.. Lose the game, you are LEGALLY ALLOWED to download a rom due to the game still being licensed to you. This point is further proved with Iwata's quote, stating that the company does not want to take actions towards changing the eula in a way to criminalize the consumer.
Now about the hypocrite thing. The post you replied to already dismisses your reply, so well done.
Now let me address majickhat. I apreciate the effort you put into your reply, however.. Well, lets say we were in a fictional world where roms where always illegal to download, licensed or not. (Which they're not and my explanation is same as before.)
Iwata's quote. They still wouldn't consider it illegal.
side note : I regularly go to japan in summer since my parents live there? So uh, do you seriously think japan is some far-away land that no being can go to ever?
Now, just let this thread die already. Now, wormdood. I know you have some anger towards me judging from the terribly worded rushed looking reply, but at this point you are very likely teetering on the edge of probably breaking a few gbatemp rules.
Mod, seriously. Lock this thread.
it may be 20 dollars but honestly thats like lawn mowing money there. And worth it because you wont have to deal with needing a second console to update oothax.
. . . but as you have stated that you feel i am just harassing you about cfw and refuse to see why i am in this case then i am simply wasting both of your time and mine and for that i sincerely apologize
