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Personally I don't see anything morally wrong with buying the game then playing the pirated version.

philk 17y ago
Personally, if I'm going to go to the hassle of pirating the game then I don't need a legit copy. Sure, I'd like to support the creators but not if they're only offering to sell me an inferior version of the product.
- oomkiller 17y ago
  I tend to agree with you, but the truth is, the creators probably hate it as much as you do. The main perpetrators of draconian DRM systems are the greedy publishers.
  - philk 17y ago
    You're probably right there. But if I'm going to buy a legit copy I'm basically rewarding the publishers for their perfidy.
- houseabsolute 17y ago
  Convenient? Yes. Morally defensible? Not at all.
  - philk 17y ago
    Moral defensibility is irrelevant from my perspective. See, I'd like to give game creators my money. Games represent great value and I generally enjoy the prospect of well made sequels. I'm happy to pay, as long as they're not asking me to do extra work. All the game creators have to do to get my money is make it easy for me to give it to them. This means: a) Not selling me a broken (and that's what this DRM is) copy of the game forcing me to waste an hour or more of my time procuring a working copy from pirate sites. b) Not requiring me to sign up for some lousy custom online content network when I've already got Steam and it just works. That's it. If they're willing to make it easy for me to support them, then great, here's some cash. If they aren't, well, frankly, I don't care enough about the morality of the situation to jump through hoops for them.
    - rudepeklo 17y ago
      If you will not buy the game because of the DRM, don't play it. Otherwise the DRM is only an excuse for piracy. I tend to agree with houseabsolute here.
jrockway 17y ago
I did this with X-Plane. I bought the DVDs, and while waiting for them in the mail, I just installed the "NoDVD crack" so I could play without the DVD. I don't think I did anything wrong. The author of the software got his money, I got a DVD drive to use while I use the program. Everyone wins.

philk 17y ago

Personally, if I'm going to go to the hassle of pirating the game then I don't need a legit copy. Sure, I'd like to support the creators but not if they're only offering to sell me an inferior version of the product.

oomkiller 17y ago
I tend to agree with you, but the truth is, the creators probably hate it as much as you do. The main perpetrators of draconian DRM systems are the greedy publishers.
- philk 17y ago
  You're probably right there. But if I'm going to buy a legit copy I'm basically rewarding the publishers for their perfidy.
houseabsolute 17y ago
Convenient? Yes. Morally defensible? Not at all.
- philk 17y ago
  Moral defensibility is irrelevant from my perspective. See, I'd like to give game creators my money. Games represent great value and I generally enjoy the prospect of well made sequels. I'm happy to pay, as long as they're not asking me to do extra work. All the game creators have to do to get my money is make it easy for me to give it to them. This means: a) Not selling me a broken (and that's what this DRM is) copy of the game forcing me to waste an hour or more of my time procuring a working copy from pirate sites. b) Not requiring me to sign up for some lousy custom online content network when I've already got Steam and it just works. That's it. If they're willing to make it easy for me to support them, then great, here's some cash. If they aren't, well, frankly, I don't care enough about the morality of the situation to jump through hoops for them.
  - rudepeklo 17y ago
    If you will not buy the game because of the DRM, don't play it. Otherwise the DRM is only an excuse for piracy. I tend to agree with houseabsolute here.

jrockway 17y ago

I did this with X-Plane. I bought the DVDs, and while waiting for them in the mail, I just installed the "NoDVD crack" so I could play without the DVD. I don't think I did anything wrong. The author of the software got his money, I got a DVD drive to use while I use the program. Everyone wins.