Yes, entertainment is a basic human need. But human beings managed to entertain themselves before video games existed. Did that make it acceptable to steal cable television, to steal a radio or a book, or to sneak into a theatre without paying?
Why is it OK to steal older games and not newer ones? If there's an older game you like and can't find it for sale, suck it up and do without.
I don't follow your multi-platform argument at all. The clear analogy is that an author should only be paid royalties on the first edition of her novel, or that if you own the hardback, it's perfectly acceptable to steal the paperback version.
It continually amazes me that people who would never even consider stealing so much as a piece of candy will come up with endless rationalizations to justify their theft of digital media.
Boru
Why is it OK to steal older games and not newer ones? If there's an older game you like and can't find it for sale, suck it up and do without.
I don't follow your multi-platform argument at all. The clear analogy is that an author should only be paid royalties on the first edition of her novel, or that if you own the hardback, it's perfectly acceptable to steal the paperback version.
It continually amazes me that people who would never even consider stealing so much as a piece of candy will come up with endless rationalizations to justify their theft of digital media.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
