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Is it ethical to pirate a game to try it, and buy a license later? (lemmus.org)

submitted 5 days ago by chungus_eater@lemmus.org to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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My issue is the license part. If I can't own the installer files then it really doesn't seem right anyways.

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[-] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 54 points 5 days ago

If it’s unethical to pirate, you can assuage your guilt by buying the thing after the fact, or deciding you were never gonna buy it anyway. If you don’t think it’s unethical to pirate, then it’s not an issue.

As to what I believe… if buying isn’t owning, pirating isn’t stealing.

[-] Kangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.org 1 points 3 days ago

Based.

[-] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

That's the opinion of the instance I'm on, so I can't well disagree with you here. However, my wife is an artist, so I might have some bias in saying I think some things are worth paying for. I pay for Apple Music. I also have offline copies of everything I listen to. I mean, I'm paying for it. I'm paying a lot for it. But I stand by what I said, if paying for it doesn't mean you get to keep it, not paying for it and having it isn't theft. Except I do both. I pay for it and I have it.

[-] Kangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.org 1 points 2 days ago

I'm an artist too, I'm music producer 😅

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