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> you want to get the government involved? For games? The government is already involved, I cannot copy the games from my friend because the government does no

> you want to get the government involved? For games? The government is already involved, I cannot copy the games from my friend because the government does not allow me to do it. The government protects Ubisoft from me hacking them, or from paying in a fraudulent way. The government is fully involved in all the steps, I just want that my interests are represented in that involvement. > Good luck with that. I do not live in the USA.

pdonis 5y ago
> I cannot copy the games from my friend because the government does not allow me to do it. No, you can't do it because the seller of the game does not allow you to do it. There is no law requiring sellers to lock down their games with DRM or other forms of restriction. > I do not live in the USA. So what? Are you saying you can magically get access to this website without Y Combinator's cooperation and goodwill because you're not in the USA? Are you saying you can magically ensure that you can buy groceries without a corporation providing them to you because you're not in the USA?
- dento 5y ago
  > No, you can't do it because the seller of the game does not allow you to do it. There is no law requiring sellers to lock down their games with DRM or other forms of restriction. DRM is usually bypassed within hours or days of the game release. After that it is still illegal to copy the game from your friend.
- decebalus1 5y ago
  > No, you can't do it because the seller of the game does not allow you to do it. What are you talking about? The game doesn't have the ability to allow or disallow anything. It's just data on an information medium. You can bypass any protections put in place by the developers unless you need to violate the laws of physics in order to do that. Last time I checked, there was no such thing as an uncrackable game. There is instead a law requiring me not to do that. There are laws, which are enforced by the entity with a monopoly on violence (-- the government). The game developer can only point the government at the people breaking the law. Whichever way you look at it, the government is still involved. ANYTHING related to property has the government involved. Because the concept of property is something guaranteed by.. you guessed it.. the government.

pdonis 5y ago

> I cannot copy the games from my friend because the government does not allow me to do it. No, you can't do it because the seller of the game does not allow you to do it. There is no law requiring sellers to lock down their games with DRM or other forms of restriction. > I do not live in the USA. So what? Are you saying you can magically get access to this website without Y Combinator's cooperation and goodwill because you're not in the USA? Are you saying you can magically ensure that you can buy groceries without a corporation providing them to you because you're not in the USA?

dento 5y ago
> No, you can't do it because the seller of the game does not allow you to do it. There is no law requiring sellers to lock down their games with DRM or other forms of restriction. DRM is usually bypassed within hours or days of the game release. After that it is still illegal to copy the game from your friend.
decebalus1 5y ago
> No, you can't do it because the seller of the game does not allow you to do it. What are you talking about? The game doesn't have the ability to allow or disallow anything. It's just data on an information medium. You can bypass any protections put in place by the developers unless you need to violate the laws of physics in order to do that. Last time I checked, there was no such thing as an uncrackable game. There is instead a law requiring me not to do that. There are laws, which are enforced by the entity with a monopoly on violence (-- the government). The game developer can only point the government at the people breaking the law. Whichever way you look at it, the government is still involved. ANYTHING related to property has the government involved. Because the concept of property is something guaranteed by.. you guessed it.. the government.