this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2023
378 points (97.0% liked)

Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ

54565 readers
339 users here now

⚓ Dedicated to the discussion of digital piracy, including ethical problems and legal advancements.

Rules • Full Version

1. Posts must be related to the discussion of digital piracy

2. Don't request invites, trade, sell, or self-promote

3. Don't request or link to specific pirated titles, including DMs

4. Don't submit low-quality posts, be entitled, or harass others



Loot, Pillage, & Plunder

📜 c/Piracy Wiki (Community Edition):


💰 Please help cover server costs.

Ko-Fi Liberapay
Ko-fi Liberapay

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] CYCLR@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I do love latent preservating games I never owned

[–] Hovenko@iusearchlinux.fyi 10 points 1 year ago

I am cool with that. Just pass the file forward once it is searched for as lost media.

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 7 points 1 year ago

I like to think of it as fishing old games out of a dumpster. They were carelessly thrown away, no attempt is made to preserve them or make profit from them.

They are fair game.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean -- the companies could have made an effort to make that money. If they don't, profits aren't automatic. I think this is clearly a grey area.

[–] glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

For me it's pretty black and white here. If you don't sell me something, there is no guilt anymore and I can download it for free. Same issue with TV shows in foreign languages where you can't subscribe or buy anything (I'm looking at you Poland, Japan, and any other weird country that seems to ignore the rest of the world).