Hello all, I'm currently on holiday and the other day I really wanted to re-watch one of my favourite shows. I own all of the box sets for the show, but naturally, they aren't with me.
If we were in circa 1995 or earlier, I'd have to wait... But, the current day allows me to utilize the internet and simply find, download and watch the show.
Was this piracy to do so? I understand that some of you will find it hard to isolate the act from the situation, but all opinions are valid, so the poll I set up is for just this question.
I justified it to myself under the guise of 'well, since I've paid them $150-$200 worth of box sets when the show was airing, I've contributed, I'm not robbing the actors, studios, ect.'. However, it's arguable that since I acquired these materials il-legally, I'm still supporting piracy of the content.
Should anything of a similar nature also be classified piracy? Another example, I have a Nintendo 64, with several games all gathering dust. I've read, somewhere a long time ago from a forgotten/probably questionable source, that if I owned the original game, I'm not doing anything wrong by owning a 'virtual back up' of it, and playing it on my computer.
There are more examples, but from another angle, I want to put out there something perhaps even more morally blurry.
With the N64 example, let's say that everyone agreed if I owned 'The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time', that downloading and playing it is ok. But what if my brother or sister owned the game? Or even a cousin, or good friend. But I know that they would not have emulated it, or played it in years, so, is it ok for me to still download the game rationalizing 'well, I'm just using their currently unused licence anyway, so really its ok'?
This is my first topic, so I hope it sparks a bit of discussion, there were similar topics about piracy, but they weren't quite what I wanted to talk about - so have fun
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If we were in circa 1995 or earlier, I'd have to wait... But, the current day allows me to utilize the internet and simply find, download and watch the show.
Was this piracy to do so? I understand that some of you will find it hard to isolate the act from the situation, but all opinions are valid, so the poll I set up is for just this question.
I justified it to myself under the guise of 'well, since I've paid them $150-$200 worth of box sets when the show was airing, I've contributed, I'm not robbing the actors, studios, ect.'. However, it's arguable that since I acquired these materials il-legally, I'm still supporting piracy of the content.
Should anything of a similar nature also be classified piracy? Another example, I have a Nintendo 64, with several games all gathering dust. I've read, somewhere a long time ago from a forgotten/probably questionable source, that if I owned the original game, I'm not doing anything wrong by owning a 'virtual back up' of it, and playing it on my computer.
There are more examples, but from another angle, I want to put out there something perhaps even more morally blurry.
With the N64 example, let's say that everyone agreed if I owned 'The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time', that downloading and playing it is ok. But what if my brother or sister owned the game? Or even a cousin, or good friend. But I know that they would not have emulated it, or played it in years, so, is it ok for me to still download the game rationalizing 'well, I'm just using their currently unused licence anyway, so really its ok'?
This is my first topic, so I hope it sparks a bit of discussion, there were similar topics about piracy, but they weren't quite what I wanted to talk about - so have fun