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Just in case you thought it was OK to share abandonware
PostPosted:Mon Nov 03, 2003 1:08 pm
by Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="
http://www.gamespot.com/all/news/news_6 ... l">here</a>
Just in case you thought it was OK to share abandonware</div>
PostPosted:Mon Nov 03, 2003 7:24 pm
by Tessian
<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>'eh, I still don't care. If they no longer sell a game I want to play then I'll go download it. Not my fault it's not on the market anymore</div>
PostPosted:Wed Nov 05, 2003 6:24 am
by Don
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Actually if something no longer exists it's supposed to stay this way. If they no longer make some kind of car you're not supposed to go steal the blueprints and make your own.</div>
PostPosted:Wed Nov 05, 2003 7:37 pm
by Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Give away '85 Datsuns for free and I doubt Nissan can sue you</div>
PostPosted:Wed Nov 05, 2003 9:32 pm
by Tessian
<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>I'm not stealing the source code and burning CD's for sale. If you want to analogize abandonware to cars you can go to a Used Car Dealer for older cars, can't do that for games</div>
PostPosted:Wed Nov 05, 2003 10:52 pm
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Everyone's anologies here don't work. You can't copy a device like a car like you can copy a program. And I don't care about the legal status, I feel no guilt grabbing a game that is no longer sold by the publisher.</div>
PostPosted:Wed Nov 05, 2003 11:00 pm
by Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>But what if they're currently remaking it?</div>