Homebrew [POLL] Do you think legit CIA's are piracy?

[xtheman]

For science.

Oh yeah because scientist will stop a meteor from hitting the earth because they asked if piracy is piracy.

 

[DarkFlare69]

There's 10 votes now... I bet they're all trolls.

 

[Deleted User]

I originally was going to vote no because of the fact that legit CIAs could be home-made and not copyrighted at the same time... but I would obviously look like a troll.

 

[Twilight Seeker]

The possible exception is that Nintendo update CIAs are technically legit CIAs, and you can download them directly from Nintendo, so that may not count.

 

[xtheman]

The possible exception is that Nintendo update CIAs are technically legit CIAs, and you can download them directly from Nintendo, so that may not count.

I'm pretty sure they are piracy too. Otherwise all the updates would of been on here and we wouldn't need to go that romz site to get the update packs.

 

[mrolive]

The is literally the most retarded thread I've seen on GBATemp.

 

[Uziskull]

The possible exception is that Nintendo update CIAs are technically legit CIAs, and you can download them directly from Nintendo, so that may not count.

Still piracy. You can only get access to those update CIAs if you rightfully own a 3DS.
The simplest way to put this is: downloading anything that can only be legally owned if you bought something that has it is piracy.

 

[Deleted User]

The is literally the most retarded thread I've seen on GBATemp.

Trust me, there are worse threads than this!

 

[Xenosaiga]

The is literally the most retarded thread I've seen on GBATemp.

Trust me, there are worse threads than this!

What voxel said. I am literally just curious as to how many people think they are not piracy. At least I am not claiming to have an archive of every single thing people have made. Or taking someone else's work and making "twin Homebrew".

It's just a single question that I wanted to ask because science.

 

[Expliciate]

Well what if we dump our own games to install as CIAs so that we don't have to carry like 10 cartridges?

 

[gameking66]

Lol is this a joke?

 

[Capitán Retraso]

Well, you aren't paying for the game in any way so... it's technically piracy (i suppose)

 

[Xenosaiga]

Lol is this a joke?

Did you even read anything?

 

[Deleted User]

Well what if we dump our own games to install as CIAs so that we don't have to carry like 10 cartridges?

That's fine. You own the game and are running your own copies of the game.

 

[MsMidnight]

well, i do own a legitimate Alpha Sapphire(tm) cartridge and a cia backup, but unless your doing game backups its 100% piracy

 

[gameking66]

Did you even read anything?

I did and none of it makes the question any less ridiculous.

 

[Xenosaiga]

I did and none of it makes the question any less ridiculous.

Then please refrain from even saying anything. It's that simple. I'm just curious and asked the question for curiosity's sake.

 

[Deleted User]

snip

 

[Ricken]

i say no... the Legit .cias Came FREE with some limited edition systems... its like asking if pirating a free demo is morally piracy

 

[CeeDee]

I originally was going to vote no because of the fact that legit CIAs could be home-made and not copyrighted at the same time... but I would obviously look like a troll.

How would you make a signed CIA without knowing Nintendo's keys?