Hacking How illegal is downloading games?

blackdragonbaham · Oct 14, 2009

think if you own the games you downloaded no one will blame you, as security back up or kinda that, so you won't live in fear xd; but who will bother to download games which he already owns:.

DeltaBurnt · Oct 14, 2009

blackdragonbahamut said:
think if you own the games you downloaded no one will blame you, as security back up or kinda that, so you won't live in fear xd; but who will bother to download games which he already owns:.

Most people pirate because they don't want to pay the bloody high prices for games. 5 games at most equals the cost of the system itself. I know many people who would rather goto jail than give those greedy CEOs more money (especially during the recession).

EDIT:

Also if you're ISP sends you an alert email or letter about copyright download DO NOT CALL OR RESPOND TO IT! This is just confirming that you're the person who did it. In total they'll send you atleast 3 warnings before they actually take legal actions. Look it up on wikipedia.

stab244 · Oct 14, 2009

WarioN64 said:
Its as illeagal as going into a shop and robbing a game. I think its okay to dump your own DS Games and put them on a cart as backups. By the way, don't game developers use flashcarts to test their own games.

I think they do.I remember seeing in the Guitar Hero: On Tour commercials a microSD slot in the cart in the DS.

eltrut · Oct 15, 2009

Guild McCommunist said:
It's right between raping a prostitute and throwing her body into the river.
lol.
QUOTE(Guild McCommunist @ Oct 15 2009, 08:39 AM) Not really. It's as illegal as bootlegging movies, but the fact is that no one cares. The internet can't be regulated to stop it and it's an issue that doesn't really hurt people. Big deal, greedy CEO's get a slightly smaller, albeit gigantic, paycheck. I doubt they'll be losing a wink of sleep if a few thousand copies of a game are pirated.

This holds true for most games like Nintendo's in-house ones, but good 3rd party developers can get raped by this as they can't break into the mainstream because the people who actually wanted the game download it so there arent enough sales to make it look like a good game to the uninitiated.

Saying that though, I still nearly always just download the games

dewback · Oct 15, 2009

for downloading from a site. It would be the sites that gets hit with the copyright infringement.

If download with torrent you could be hit if seeding and get caught.

great thing about DS games is the largest is only 256mb and can be downloaded quick.

triassic911 · Oct 15, 2009

Don't worry about it.

DeltaBurnt · Oct 15, 2009

Most people don't realize that the you aren't sent to jail the second you are caught downloading illegal backups. In fact your ISP (internet provider) will just send you a warning most of the time. Plus in the worse case scenario that you don't listen to the warning they'll probably just shut off your internet or send a cease a desist order (this would be more for seeding torrents and running a ROM site).

alexlee01 · Oct 15, 2009

kama said:
My brother has recently become paranoid by the fact that if we download a game, regardless of if we own it or not, we will be fined to the point where we can no longer live properly. So:

What happens if caught?

How often do people get caught?

How easy is it to get caught?

Do they track every download you do?

Thanks

its like looking at a vagina at the age of 10
and the cop come saying u look at a vagina

Guild McCommunist · Oct 15, 2009

alexlee01 said:
kama said:

My brother has recently become paranoid by the fact that if we download a game, regardless of if we own it or not, we will be fined to the point where we can no longer live properly. So:

What happens if caught?

How often do people get caught?

How easy is it to get caught?

Do they track every download you do?

Thanks

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its like looking at a vagina at the age of 10
and the cop come saying u look at a vagina

I'm not getting it. If a cop finds you looking at a vagina, than I'm pretty sure that's not a cop, just a middle aged man in a cop uniform with chlorophorm in one hand a bottle of Rouphies in the other.

If you get caught, you'll get fined a chunk of cash, although it's not quite common that you'll be caught. Police won't bust into your home or send out an arrest warrant for online piracy, they just don't care.

How often? Not very, I think, since many people are rather quiet about their piracy and cops don't care as much as raping some chick or murdering small children.

How easy? Not very easy. If someone was monitering your internet without your consent, it's just as bad as pirating. And nobody goes around torrent sites or ROM sites arresting people left and right.

Do they track? No, that's like wiretapping your calls. They probably do, but they won't blow the fact they do over some guy pirating a few games.

DeltaBurnt · Oct 15, 2009

Again you probably won't be immediately fined with a huge amount of money for copyright infringement. Read this:

QUOTE said:
What is a DMCA notice and what should I do if I receive one? - A DMCA notice is pretty much a generic form with certain info filled out that points to an individual user who is believed to be infringing on copyright laws. It sent either directly from the copyright holder or their legal representative. It is not to be confused with a regular © infringement notice as it specifically pertains to a violation of the DMCA amendments to © laws. It is simply a warning that says "Hey you. We're watching you! Don't do that please!" but it rarely leads to further legal action. It looks something like this:

Quote:[return address]

Demand Under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act

Dear [Sir | Madam]:

On [date], I noticed that your [site | email newsletter | electronic message | electronic product] [exact name and URL, ISBN, or ISSN, if available], dated [apparent date of infringement], includes an [attributed | unattributed] copy that infringes on my exclusive right in the [story | article | review] [writer's title]. According to my records, I have not authorized this use.
Pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, this letter serves as actual notice of infringement in the event of legal proceedings. The information in this notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, I state that I am the owner of an exclusive right infringed by the specified material. Pursuant to 17 U.S.C. §§ 512©(1)© and 512(g), a telephone or other oral response is not satisfactory.

Sincerely,

Darth Vader

It may be sent to the user directly or a slight variation is sent to your ISP who then acts as a middle man in forwarding the notice to it's user.

The action that is most commonly recommended to those who receive such a notice is what is known as the "ostrich defense." This means that one does NOT reply to the notice and simply acts as if they never even received it. This will be important should they ever be brought up on charges as it will benefit them to seek legal advice before ever making contact with issuer of the notice. If you get such a letter via snail mail, you can treat it the same way as it is not a notice of legal action. It is up to you if you want to seek legal advice at this point.

Once a notice is sent, the copyright holder or his legal people can request that a subpoena from the court be issued to an ISP to gain the identity of an alleged infringer. They will not do this without weighing the risk vs. reward of pursuing further legal action. Should you receive a notice threating legal action if you don't pay them a settlement or notice that legal action has been filed against you, immediately seek the legal advice of someone who is willing to fight in your defense. Don't settle for anyone who will give in to these APOs' threats or wants you to plead guilty.

iFish · Oct 15, 2009

pirating isnt as bad as stelling becasue when you download a game its not like steeling when you steal somebody loses it and dosnt have it anymore when you download nobody loases their copy on the game so you feel no gult

jphriendly · Oct 15, 2009

This thread reminded me of the quote in YayMii's sig:

QUOTE said:
huuh?: HOW CAN I RUN PIRATED GAMES ON MY WII?
UglyCasanova: Pirating is bad, mmmkay
Comcaster: @huuh? - If you run a pirated game, Miyamoto will personally come to your house, tie you up, and force you to watch him rape your grandmother with the Master Sword
UglyCasanova: Its true. My grandmother will never be the same.

stab244 · Oct 15, 2009

jphriendly said:
This thread reminded me of the quote in YayMii's sig:

QUOTE said:

huuh?: HOW CAN I RUN PIRATED GAMES ON MY WII?
UglyCasanova: Pirating is bad, mmmkay
Comcaster: @huuh? - If you run a pirated game, Miyamoto will personally come to your house, tie you up, and force you to watch him rape your grandmother with the Master Sword
UglyCasanova: Its true. My grandmother will never be the same.

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Lol... I remember when I first saw that... It is kind of offensive if their grandma is dead...

iFish · Oct 15, 2009

i personally tested this myth and its busted lol mythbusters gaming edtion

anaxs · Oct 15, 2009

they could track u down easily but that wouldn't solve anytihng
thats just one erson in the whole world
piracy is getting larger and larger and more than millions of people do it

i dont know anyone who has gotten caught but if u do n ur doing major piracy then ur in trouble
but it depends on ur age too like if your 5 years old, they wont put u in jail or anytihng but just put u in some special program to teach u not to pirate until u learn

iFish · Oct 15, 2009

its not our fualt people make flash cards and we buy em

jphriendly · Oct 15, 2009

ifish said:
its not our fualt people make flash cards and we buy em

End result of that attitude...More and more shovelware. I, for one, buy the things I enjoy. Sure I can pirate it, but, buying it encourages the better teams/companies to keep developing.

On topic: In most cases, downloading will not get you in trouble. But, if it does, don't be surprised since you are, in fact, breaking the law.

iFish · Oct 15, 2009

yeah i buy the ame that i want that i know i like but games i jsut wanna play i download

Burnedmagix · Oct 15, 2009

Never seen a guy sued for downloading games more than downloading other media

Nugg2396 · Oct 15, 2009

good thing my country doesn't care, heck, almost all the game stores sell pirated Wii and PS2 games, most stores don't sell many DS games, they sell flash carts

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