alphacyberranger to [email protected]English • 2 years agoRockstar is selling cracked game copies on steam.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1372
arrow-up1372imageRockstar is selling cracked game copies on steam.lemmy.worldalphacyberranger to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squaresome_guylinkfedilink10•edit-22 years ago“Stolen” isn’t the right language to use for something that’s been intentionally made available free to anyone who wants it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoYes it is. Just because you’re distributing your software for free, it doesn’t mean you’re implicitly giving others permission to
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoThey’re not distributing the crack though. They’re distributing the game with the crack applied. Domi think that should matter? Yes, of course. Does the law? That’s actually kind of a gray area.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoIt’s not the right language for copyright infringement either, but it still gets used.
“Stolen” isn’t the right language to use for something that’s been intentionally made available free to anyone who wants it.
Yes it is. Just because you’re distributing your software for free, it doesn’t mean you’re implicitly giving others permission to
They’re not distributing the crack though. They’re distributing the game with the crack applied.
Domi think that should matter? Yes, of course. Does the law? That’s actually kind of a gray area.
It’s not the right language for copyright infringement either, but it still gets used.