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Topic	Is pirating video games "stealing"?
Bass_X0 11/24/19 2:20:42 PM #12:	DevsBro posted... Bass_X0 posted... If it is an impossibility to pay the owner of an old game that is not available on modern consoles to buy, only second hand - then I dont think of it as theft. No, it still is, it's just one the copyright holder clearly doesn't care about. Intellectual property is intangible if there is no money to be made from it. A game no longer on sale in any capacity can not make the owner any more money until its rereleased. --- "Well, it's not a bad game. It's made by Capcom, so how could it?" ~ AVGN <cite>Bass_X0 posted [p:930630149] in Is piratin... [t:78194418]...</cite> <quote>DevsBro posted...</cite> <quote>Bass_X0 posted... </cite> <quote>If it is an impossibility to pay the owner of an old game that is not available on modern consoles to buy, only second hand - then I dont think of it as theft.</quote>No, it still is, it's just one the copyright holder clearly doesn't care about. </quote> Intellectual property is intangible if there is no money to be made from it. A game no longer on sale in any capacity can not make the owner any more money until its rereleased. --- "Well, it's not a bad game. It's made by Capcom, so how could it?" ~ AVGN</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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