21-11-2005, 11:57 PM
I admit that I have used cracked games and use in present time, but only for evaluation purposes of the game itself.
For example, I download and crack it, try it out for a day or two, if I like it then I go and buy it. If I don't like it I uninstall it and toss away
the copy. I can not say that what I am doing is legal in any way. But at the same time, I wouldn't call what I do stealing (even though it kind of
is). I feel that demos never show you the product, it shows you like less than 10% of the game and it's features, so downloading the complete game
give me a better look at it. I never keep a cracked game longer than 2-3 days, after that it's removed, even if I liked it. Then I'm on my way to the
local software store. And if I didn't like it I deleted it and never speak of it again.
But what Dan did was great, giving us the full program, but limiting the area of use, so I got to see all the features before I bought it (even though
I didn't look at that many features, I knew after an hour of the demo that this was a must-buy and I bought it asap)
I'd also like to state that before this summer (1st July) I was allowed to download any game, crack it and play it forever and ever, download music
and movies too. But this changed in a new law. Before 1st july 2005, it was allowed to download and use but not share copyright protected material. I
don't know the laws in swizerland or where that dude came from, but it might be that they have a similar law that we had.
Using piracy to get away from paying for something good is to me idiotic. Using piracy to evaluate a game (they are very expensive) before buying it,
it might be wrong, but I feel that, as I buy the game it if I like it the software company don't lose money on me.
To end my little speech, or rant or what ever it may be called, giving my two cents. I'd like to say this.
If it's good, support it by paying for it and give the creator a pat on the back while saying; good job!
*pats Dan on the back* Good job!
For example, I download and crack it, try it out for a day or two, if I like it then I go and buy it. If I don't like it I uninstall it and toss away
the copy. I can not say that what I am doing is legal in any way. But at the same time, I wouldn't call what I do stealing (even though it kind of
is). I feel that demos never show you the product, it shows you like less than 10% of the game and it's features, so downloading the complete game
give me a better look at it. I never keep a cracked game longer than 2-3 days, after that it's removed, even if I liked it. Then I'm on my way to the
local software store. And if I didn't like it I deleted it and never speak of it again.
But what Dan did was great, giving us the full program, but limiting the area of use, so I got to see all the features before I bought it (even though
I didn't look at that many features, I knew after an hour of the demo that this was a must-buy and I bought it asap)
I'd also like to state that before this summer (1st July) I was allowed to download any game, crack it and play it forever and ever, download music
and movies too. But this changed in a new law. Before 1st july 2005, it was allowed to download and use but not share copyright protected material. I
don't know the laws in swizerland or where that dude came from, but it might be that they have a similar law that we had.
Using piracy to get away from paying for something good is to me idiotic. Using piracy to evaluate a game (they are very expensive) before buying it,
it might be wrong, but I feel that, as I buy the game it if I like it the software company don't lose money on me.
To end my little speech, or rant or what ever it may be called, giving my two cents. I'd like to say this.
If it's good, support it by paying for it and give the creator a pat on the back while saying; good job!
*pats Dan on the back* Good job!
Nasder, "I came, I saw and I got shot down."
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