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if buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing.
Soon the game files will be on the cloud and the client on your computer is just a launcher. Then piracy will be over as well
Piracy isn't stealing either way. It's just copyright infringement.
Sadly, catchy slogans don't hold up in court. Better to buy from distributors who don't try to make that claim, like GOG - even if they won't put Nine Sols on the store to avoid offending many gamers.
Idk, OJ floated by on his.
No crime where's no judge.
I've heard the argument that if you aren't pirating via torrent but simply downloading a file (no seeding), there really aren't any damages that can be claimed aside from the price of the thing you've pirated, hence completely not worth any action. The danger is if you're uploading stuff you can be on the hook based on the number of downloads of that file.
No idea if that's true, though it sounds reasonable. Thankfully, I'm in a country that could not give less of a shit about piracy... one of the few upsides here lol.
There's a technical aspect to it too. Downloading over HTTPS covers your butt in a way that you need a good VPN for if torrenting.
I think that's largely true in the US, at least.
we don't need to resolt to piracy just to have our digital ownership
no, but it's morally acceptable to pirate things released by hostile corporations
I suppose, but I don't think that piracy is the true answer, and we should instead be fighting more for digital independence instead of piracy