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by Mischief Maker 02/04/2013, 11:01pm PST |
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Subject: Writer for Forbes plays illegal emulated version of game being re-released and talks about it like it ain't no thing?
Q: Is it Illegal?
A: Sure, but unlikely to be prosecuted.
Q: Is it likely to lose business for the people re-releasing the game?
A: Probably not. Their target demographic are collectors still rocking physical super nintendos. Having physical copies of games is more important to them than experiencing the software on the cheap. It's not like they wouldn't know emulation is an option.
Q: Is a small publisher resurrecting a lost game from years ago subject to less consideration than a huge studio producing a multimillion dollar franchise game?
A: If a small publishing house bought the rights to, then by some miracle managed to cobble together a complete director's cut of the 1973 version of "The Wicker Man" and was selling it as a $20 collector's edition Blu-Ray on the same day that Michael Bay's TMNT movie comes out on Blu-Ray for $20, I really can't imagine anyone not saying that bootlegging the Wicker Man would be morally worse than bootlegging a Michael Bay abortion. Why shouldn't videogames be held to the same standard?
Q: Is this Forbes guy a hypocrite for admitting he pirates games?
A: Since he's a guy whose livelihood is protected by copyright law, I'd say so. Certainly he's shot himself in the foot by not watching his stupid mouth. If he ever appears on a fox pundit show as a hostile guest, the first thing they will do before giving him a chance to speak is bring up this article to immediately put him on the defensive. |
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SA's Corin Tucker's Stalker takes on Ben Kuchera by WITTGENSTEIN 02/02/2013, 5:27pm PST 
Also, fuck these guys. Paying 60$ for an SNES cartridge today? Emulate it. NT by WITTGENSTEIN 02/02/2013, 6:27pm PST
Oh and now Kuchera changed his Twitter icon to "DEAL WITH IT" (sunglasses) by WITTGENSTEIN 02/02/2013, 6:34pm PST
This was an awesome meltdown by laudablepuss 02/04/2013, 3:41pm PST
The some guy who writes for Frobes is Erik Kain. by Worm 02/02/2013, 8:09pm PST
I think the guy who left eurogamer was robert florence NT by jeep 02/02/2013, 9:38pm PST
Oh Erik Kain wrote about Robert Florence right, shit, whoops NT by Worm 02/02/2013, 10:09pm PST
Erik Kain is the one who writes fuckin circles around kuchera by jeep 02/02/2013, 9:39pm PST
Did any of you bozos actually read the blog entry that started all this? by Jerry Whorebach 02/04/2013, 5:51pm PST
Re: Did any of you bozos actually read the blog entry that started all this? by Stuart Campbell Fan 02/04/2013, 6:38pm PST
Re: Did any of you bozos actually read the blog entry that started all this? by Ice Cream Jonsey 02/04/2013, 6:43pm PST
I guess I just don't get it by Worm 02/04/2013, 7:17pm PST
You understand SFT got the publishing rights from the original developers, yeah? by Jerry Whorebach 02/04/2013, 8:06pm PST
I think the unreleased decade old game probably is probably a more ethical warez by Worm 02/04/2013, 8:33pm PST
Ha ha, arguing ethics with worm. by Jerry Whorebach 02/04/2013, 9:27pm PST
Re: Ha ha, arguing ethics with worm. by Doctor Epyx 02/04/2013, 9:30pm PST
2F80806106ADD4174B472AD719C95790E38E3CD7 NT by Jerry Whorebach 02/04/2013, 9:36pm PST
Re: Ha ha, arguing ethics with worm. by Doctor Epyx 02/04/2013, 9:44pm PST
They're not pirating a just-released old game, the game isn't even re-released. by Worm 02/04/2013, 10:23pm PST
*I don't think after the point of their rights purchase NT by Whoops 02/04/2013, 10:26pm PST
I think the problem is that "right" covers a gamut of meaning by Mischief Maker 02/04/2013, 11:01pm PST
Maybe you guys should read the quoted portion again? by Arbit 02/05/2013, 9:11am PST
A quick google search for the game title encourages emulating it too. by Worm 02/05/2013, 11:19am PST
Re: Ha ha, arguing ethics with worm. by Last 02/05/2013, 8:53am PST
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