What are your views on ROMs and wares?
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I've pirated games before. Again, usually from rubbish companies or ones I wanted to try out. If I like the game a lot, enough to play it through more than once, it's warranted a buy. Otherwise, games just don't last long enough to justify blowing 40 bucks into 'em for the most part. I save that money for DVD boxsets.
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I buy games if I can find them, download them if I can't. If I can't., I'm not costing anybody anything - and yes I do like Underdogs for that reason. I certainly don't want to undercut the industry.
Personally, I think copyright needs a "use it or lose it" provision; I'm tired of companies sitting on a game ( or technology ) and refusing to let anybody have access. It goes against one of the purposes of copyright, the promotion of innovative products.[/i]Alan Bolte wrote:Many people agree that copyright law is screwed up in some way, though I notice that there is less agreement as to precisely what is wrong . I'm more into the idea of somewhat short copyrights (at least compared to current law), and some substantial variation depending on what is copyrighted.