LogFAQs > #930649274

Bass_X0 posted...

When a game has no monetary value to a publisher (not currently being on sale), its as much theft as keeping a discarded piece of trash you find on the ground that you can still make use of.

So I found a pair of headphones on the bus that somebody had left behind on an empty seat. they were missing the rubber bud that goes into your ears. So I took them and replaced the missing bud with my own that happened to fit. You know they would have just been thrown away if someone else found them. They had been abandoned after all.

What if those headphones were contained in a package that literally has a notice that says Do not steal this product. You may be subject to prosecution... or wording like that? Or how about if there is no package or warning, but the headphones were left in someones yard?

I feel like we are creating all these hypothetical scenarios to justify whatever our desired outcome is. Wouldnt it be easier to just acknowledge that, yes, you are taking something that isnt yours, but you want it and hopefully it doesnt cause anyone problems?
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