Thread 724095634

is it wrong to pirate abandonware

>>724095634 (OP)
It is never wrong to pirate.

>>724095634 (OP)
It is always wrong to pirate.

>>724095634 (OP)
No. Do you want to send cash by mail to the ip holder in an envelope?

>>724095634 (OP)
Yeah man you're screwing over that one guy on ebay with a copy for $300

No, it doesn't violate Kant's categorical imperative (the ultimate moral litmus test)

>>724095634 (OP)
It's ok if you don't get caught

Piracy is wrong if it harms a good developer that actively deserves your money. There are very few of these left, so piracy is almost always good.

>>724095634 (OP)
>is it wrong to pirate abandonware
Name 5 abandoware games worth pirating

>>724095634 (OP)

You wouldn't steal a house would you anon?

>>724096191
Viva Piniata
Spider-Man Web of Shadows
Simpsons Hit and Run
Transformers Devastation
Sonic Riders
That new-ish Samurai Jack game

>>724096085
Is pirating Ninja Gaiden 4 wrong or rght based on this criteria?

>>724095634 (OP)
Its wrong to pirate money from Is raelites. Do not do that

>>724096264
I would if I could get away with it

Why would it be? If they’re not making it available to buy, you have every right to download it. It’s ABANDON ware, meaning nobody gives a shit to maintain the licensing. Now pirating from active developers, especially small studios is where it gets morally questionable

>>724096191
All the guitar hero games

>>724095634 (OP)
>pirate
>abandonware
Pick one.

>>724095634 (OP)
Its not wrong to do anything. Society is a social construct irrelevant to the rules of nature.

>>724095634 (OP)
I pirate all games that I can't get on Steam. Not my problem

>>724096191
Do old sega and nintendo games count

>>724096264
in this economy? yes. squatters rights are pretty crazy

>>724096354
Itagaki is dead and it has yellow paint everywhere and the protagonist isn't Hayabusa, I'd say it's right.

>>724095634 (OP)
It is wrong to pirate. It doesn't mean you shouldn't do it, merely you should just know it's wrong.

>>724095634 (OP)
Nah. If the game isn't being sold the company holding the rights doesn't care, or is unable to secure the rights to republish it. It doesn't matter since nobody's losing money on a product that's not being sold.

>>724096191
Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed
Need For Speed II
Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit
Need For Speed: High Stakes
Need For Speed: Porsche Unleashed

>>724095634 (OP)
Abandonware is a made up term with no legal meaning.

>>724096085
and piracy never harms developers, ergo piracy is never wrong q.e.d.

Yes, it is wrong. The real question is: how much do you care?

>>724096814
YOU GET OUTTA HERE NOW

Do zoomers today even know how to pirate?

>>724095634 (OP)
i thought abandonware meant the game had no issues being pirated or something o algo

>>724095634 (OP)
No. If you buy it, your money isn't going to the original developers.

>>724097491
Your money is never going to any dev. Devs are salaried, they have already been paid
You are only ever paying the publisher

>>724097567
What if it's and indie game without a publisher?

>>724097783
I don't care

Don't know, don't care.

>>724097435
It's not a legal term. It basically means "this software hasn't been sold for a while so we're going to upload it for free and hope whoever owns the rights doesn't care".
Sometimes they do care (especially when they want to push a remaster) and that's when games that were previously considered abandonware get taken off the internet.

>>724097435
Things can be abandonware because of rights issues, such as if anyone brings it up it will cause a fight. So it doesnt mean the copyright was actually abandoned. It could mean no one is enforcing or cares enough to enforce

Do we know that

>>724097354
yes we obviously do, just depends on how tech literate the zoomer is
i've been getting roms and rom hacks off random sites since i was 8 or so, this was long before i got in touch with phones and people using them to emulate things on it. in the groups i hang out with people around my age most if not everyone has pirated something atleast once, and we share around our findings where to get files.

better question is to ask gen alpha at this point anon, they are always fear mongering and way too sensitive to learn things on their own without parental guidance or a youtuber telling them to watch out

>>724097256
A good point, but anyone who produces something to sell it will, inevitably, fail to make ends meet if enough people simply copy their finished work. I like to support developers who make good stuff I like, and laugh maniacally as I rob ones I despise.

Are we still on that place with it

>>724097567
Not true, bonuses based on sales and revenue are common.

How is this every meaning of what is going on

>>724095634 (OP)
Every couple months I go back to myabandonware and sort by latest updates and find some long forgotten game in rights holder hell that was pretty neat. Pretty sweet site.

Is it not really even that perfect

aaaaaaaand the thread's getting nuked, thanks faggot let us have a proper thread

>>724097354
Yes, we do, but it entirely depends on how tech literate you are. I've been torrenting shit since I was 10.
Most of those that are made fun of are normies and they are never smart about their decisions, so jokes on them.

>>724098424
I don't understand what their goal is. Pedos usually post CP as a means of trading it with other people, this is just spam accompanied by gibberish.

>>724098637
It's always from the same couple videos too

>>724098637
>I don't understand what their goal is.
Truthnuke, they literally get off on you talking about the subject and also your disgust of the idea

>>724098637
carry on, best to not derail thread's only now getting started

You are morally obligated to do so

>>724098424
>aaaaaaaand the thread's getting nuked, thanks faggot let us have a proper thread
By proper thread you mean a xwitter screencap or /pol/ tier circlejerk?

>>724095634 (OP)
It is never wrong to share software that you own

>>724096191
Black and White 1 and 2
Drakan 1 and 2
Freelancer

Did anyone ever play this, speaking of abandonware?

>>724095997
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HEjJhrwXdCU

>>724096191
Zoo Tycoon 1

>>724096732
Nintendo only seriously cares about keeping a stranglehold on their first party titles. I don't believe anybody else seriously cares if you play their games on an NES emulator.

>>724098161
based

>>724102306
>I don't believe anybody else seriously cares if you play their games on an NES emulator.
Nintendo has a portion of their website where you can do literally this (for free ofcourse) report emulators for takedown

>get a demo for a DOS game
>main menu has an order button
>your options are to call their number or mail them directly
I miss this kino even though I never actually did this.

its abandonware, who is going to stop you
what does wrong even mean