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Anonymous No.724095634 [Report] >>724095670 >>724095723 >>724095736 >>724095794 >>724095997 >>724096191 >>724096264 >>724096371 >>724096584 >>724096604 >>724096628 >>724097035 >>724097104 >>724097190 >>724097435 >>724097491 >>724098314 >>724099530
is it wrong to pirate abandonware
Anonymous No.724095670 [Report]
>>724095634 (OP)
It is never wrong to pirate.
Anonymous No.724095723 [Report]
>>724095634 (OP)
It is always wrong to pirate.
Anonymous No.724095736 [Report]
>>724095634 (OP)
No. Do you want to send cash by mail to the ip holder in an envelope?
Anonymous No.724095794 [Report]
>>724095634 (OP)
Yeah man you're screwing over that one guy on ebay with a copy for $300
Anonymous No.724095854 [Report]
No, it doesn't violate Kant's categorical imperative (the ultimate moral litmus test)
Anonymous No.724095997 [Report] >>724100401
>>724095634 (OP)
It's ok if you don't get caught
Anonymous No.724096085 [Report] >>724096354 >>724097256
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.
Anonymous No.724096191 [Report] >>724096349 >>724096525 >>724096732 >>724097104 >>724100217 >>724101542
>>724095634 (OP)
>is it wrong to pirate abandonware
Name 5 abandoware games worth pirating
Anonymous No.724096264 [Report] >>724096440 >>724096814
>>724095634 (OP)

You wouldn't steal a house would you anon?
Anonymous No.724096349 [Report]
>>724096191
Viva Piniata
Spider-Man Web of Shadows
Simpsons Hit and Run
Transformers Devastation
Sonic Riders
That new-ish Samurai Jack game
Anonymous No.724096354 [Report] >>724096902
>>724096085
Is pirating Ninja Gaiden 4 wrong or rght based on this criteria?
Anonymous No.724096371 [Report]
>>724095634 (OP)
Its wrong to pirate money from Is raelites. Do not do that
Anonymous No.724096440 [Report]
>>724096264
I would if I could get away with it
Anonymous No.724096453 [Report]
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
Anonymous No.724096525 [Report]
>>724096191
All the guitar hero games
Anonymous No.724096584 [Report]
>>724095634 (OP)
>pirate
>abandonware
Pick one.
Anonymous No.724096604 [Report]
>>724095634 (OP)
Its not wrong to do anything. Society is a social construct irrelevant to the rules of nature.
Anonymous No.724096628 [Report]
>>724095634 (OP)
I pirate all games that I can't get on Steam. Not my problem
Anonymous No.724096732 [Report] >>724102306
>>724096191
Do old sega and nintendo games count
Anonymous No.724096814 [Report] >>724097320
>>724096264
in this economy? yes. squatters rights are pretty crazy
Anonymous No.724096902 [Report]
>>724096354
Itagaki is dead and it has yellow paint everywhere and the protagonist isn't Hayabusa, I'd say it's right.
Anonymous No.724097035 [Report]
>>724095634 (OP)
It is wrong to pirate. It doesn't mean you shouldn't do it, merely you should just know it's wrong.
Anonymous No.724097104 [Report]
>>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
Anonymous No.724097190 [Report]
>>724095634 (OP)
Abandonware is a made up term with no legal meaning.
Anonymous No.724097256 [Report] >>724098161
>>724096085
and piracy never harms developers, ergo piracy is never wrong q.e.d.
Anonymous No.724097290 [Report]
Yes, it is wrong. The real question is: how much do you care?
Anonymous No.724097320 [Report]
>>724096814
YOU GET OUTTA HERE NOW
Anonymous No.724097354 [Report] >>724098087 >>724098586
Do zoomers today even know how to pirate?
Anonymous No.724097435 [Report] >>724097885 >>724098017
>>724095634 (OP)
i thought abandonware meant the game had no issues being pirated or something o algo
Anonymous No.724097491 [Report] >>724097567
>>724095634 (OP)
No. If you buy it, your money isn't going to the original developers.
Anonymous No.724097567 [Report] >>724097783 >>724098294
>>724097491
Your money is never going to any dev. Devs are salaried, they have already been paid
You are only ever paying the publisher
Anonymous No.724097783 [Report] >>724097814
>>724097567
What if it's and indie game without a publisher?
Anonymous No.724097814 [Report]
>>724097783
I don't care
Anonymous No.724097859 [Report]
Don't know, don't care.
Anonymous No.724097885 [Report]
>>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.
Anonymous No.724098017 [Report]
>>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
Anonymous No.724098078 [Report]
Do we know that
Anonymous No.724098087 [Report]
>>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
Anonymous No.724098161 [Report] >>724102905
>>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.
Anonymous No.724098183 [Report]
Are we still on that place with it
Anonymous No.724098294 [Report]
>>724097567
Not true, bonuses based on sales and revenue are common.
Anonymous No.724098297 [Report]
How is this every meaning of what is going on
Anonymous No.724098314 [Report]
>>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.
Anonymous No.724098410 [Report]
Is it not really even that perfect
Anonymous No.724098424 [Report] >>724098637 >>724099524
aaaaaaaand the thread's getting nuked, thanks faggot let us have a proper thread
Anonymous No.724098586 [Report]
>>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.
Anonymous No.724098637 [Report] >>724098674 >>724098845 >>724098907
>>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.
Anonymous No.724098674 [Report]
>>724098637
It's always from the same couple videos too
Anonymous No.724098845 [Report]
>>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
Anonymous No.724098907 [Report]
>>724098637
carry on, best to not derail thread's only now getting started
Anonymous No.724099381 [Report]
You are morally obligated to do so
Anonymous No.724099524 [Report]
>>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?
Anonymous No.724099530 [Report]
>>724095634 (OP)
It is never wrong to share software that you own
Anonymous No.724100217 [Report]
>>724096191
Black and White 1 and 2
Drakan 1 and 2
Freelancer
Anonymous No.724100318 [Report]
Did anyone ever play this, speaking of abandonware?
Anonymous No.724100401 [Report]
>>724095997
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HEjJhrwXdCU
Anonymous No.724101542 [Report]
>>724096191
Zoo Tycoon 1
Anonymous No.724102306 [Report] >>724103021
>>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.
Anonymous No.724102905 [Report]
>>724098161
based
Anonymous No.724103021 [Report]
>>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
Anonymous No.724103275 [Report]
>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.
Anonymous No.724103493 [Report]
its abandonware, who is going to stop you
what does wrong even mean