What are your views on ROMs and wares?

Nephtys · Post by **Nephtys** » 2005-07-06 01:45am

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.

Erik von Nein · Post by **Erik von Nein** » 2005-07-06 02:23am

Really, the only ROMs I'll get are SNES or NES ones. The rest I'd rather just buy.

Lord of the Abyss · Post by **Lord of the Abyss** » 2005-07-06 01:24pm

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.

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.

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]