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1/22/2013 10:43:35 PM
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Piracy is only excusable in a couple scenarios:
1 - the title is long out of print, and you've taken reasonable measures to obtain it legally.
2 - the title is not sold in your country, and you've taken reasonable measures to obtain it legally.
Anything else, and you're being a cheap bastard.
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I'd disagree. 'Piracy' is in fact perfectly acceptable (and I think legal) if you already own a copy in the same format. Like were I to buy FarCry 3 on the PC in disc form, downloading it for free is fine because I already own the rights to use the IP and am merely making a digital backup. As far as the e-book - if its published by the same people, then maybe, though there are associated costs with digitising. I would argue that I already own the books and again would just be making a digital backup so I think that is probably acceptable as well.
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[quote]I'd disagree. 'Piracy' is in fact perfectly acceptable (and I think legal) if you already own a copy in the same format. Like were I to buy FarCry 3 on the PC in disc form, downloading it for free is fine because I already own the rights to use the IP and am merely making a digital backup.[/quote]Wrong.
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...because?
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Agreed
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You're absolutely right, I'm a cheap bastard. Oh well.
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So I'm a "cheap bastard" if I prefer to read a book I already own on my phone rather than lugging the actual copy around with me?
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Only if you pirate said book, you are.
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