is this considered piracy?

[waggy]

Originally posted by: homercles337

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: homercles337
Its not an infringement since you have a copy of the game. Even if you didnt have a copy and your friend let you use his copy, that is not infringement either.

that depends. Does your friend have a copy of the game on his machine at the same time?

It doesnt matter. The only time the anti-piracy bullies have any case is when you happen to be sharing your copy with 1000s of friends.

yes it does matter. while they won't bother you it is stiill thieft.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Aikouka

Originally posted by: waggy
while right. i bleeive they made the fact of bypassing copy protection against the law. wouldnt this break it?

Well, he'll most likely have to use a no-cd crack with it even though he has a legal key. But this is a real gray area for software.... For example, I'm tempted to use a No-CD crack on Rainbow Six Vegas, because I don't like leaving the DVD in my optical drive. I own the software and everything, I just don't want the disc in there. Is it illegal? I think it is against the DMCA actually (circumvention of copy protection mechanisms as you mentioned), but I don't think anyone actually cares if you paid for it.

yeah thats what i thought.

personally i don't feel useing NO-cd cracs should be against the law. hell it seems some games require them (think NWN 2 people said you really needed it due to copy protection slowing down the game).

personally i think the DMCA is bs.

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: FoBoT
of course, you can't download copyrighted stuff, i doesn't matter what else you might have paid for some other time/place

So if I bought a music CD and then afterwards downloaded some lossless encoded MP3's of the same tracks, you would consider that pirating?

If I bought the "creative rights" with the CD purchase, wouldn't that extend to the MP3 version too?

you don't receive any "rights" with a CD purchase, you bought a CD , not a license
when was the last time you got a license agreement in a CD?

well i have had some that when you try to play on a computer CD player it pops up with a click through.

 

[desteffy]

Technically; YES

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: FoBoT
of course, you can't download copyrighted stuff, i doesn't matter what else you might have paid for some other time/place

So if I bought a music CD and then afterwards downloaded some lossless encoded MP3's of the same tracks, you would consider that pirating?

If I bought the "creative rights" with the CD purchase, wouldn't that extend to the MP3 version too?

Your first example is textbook piracy. You bought that CD from that store ... not the songs.

 

[palswim]

It's piracy, but who cares? Your motive is pure.

 

[tm37]

How would you download it.

If you were to use bittorrent then you would also be distributing to the the distribution which would make you pirating.

Also if the version you downloaded removed copy protection then you would have an issue with DCMA

Pretty much obtaining the software through means other than the "normal distribution channels" would be considered illegal

 

[SonnyDaze]

Originally posted by: palswim
It's piracy, but who cares? Your motive is pure.

 

[JujuFish]

If someone at this house 400 miles away were to make a backup of the CD and send it to you over the internet, it would not be piracy. Download anyone else's backup and it would be.

 

[DrPizza]

How is "make a backup copy under fair-use" the same as "download a copy"??