RedHeadAngel Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 After reading the Bans and Formal Warnings thread, I have some advice for anyone new here who intends to get involved with pirating games: Just don't do it. This site has many measures to combat pirating video games, and there's an incredibly high chance you'll get caught and banned. Also, it's illegal. Pirating games and/or downloading pirated games is a crime, as it violates copyright laws. This is why Nexus (and many other modding sites) doesn't tolerate it. Here are the potential penalties for downloading pirated games: 1. A hefty fine totaling hundreds or even thousands of dollars. 2. Prison time up to 5 years. Also, you don't know what those pirated games could contain. They could infect your devices with malware, spyware, Trojans, and ransomware, which can steal your data, passwords, and other information. So, not only is it illegal, but dangerous. Nexus has measures that ensure mods uploaded to it don't have these things, but you never know what a pirated game could contain. Piracy is one of, if not, the most common reasons people get banned on Nexus. So, if you don't want to be kicked out, leave the pirating to Captain Jack Sparrow. However, if you decide to ignore this advice, you are responsible for what happens next. If you get banned, arrested, or have your data stolen, you'll only have yourself to blame. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyYou Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 Whats funny is, the folks that get banned for piracy, generally POST they have a pirated game...... Obviously, they aren't reading the ToS for the site.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanR Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 Piracy... is it even revelant these days? Subscribers of online services like Playstation+ and XBox Game Pass can enjoy offer of selected games for free every month, retailers like GOG offering games for mere pitance or even free with on sale days, with this a thought of downloading some rip or hacked DVD image divided into X parts is like an anchronism. On a other hand, looking at my games for C64 and finding that only four of them are originals (two cassettes and two cartridges) or Amiga, I would be a hypocrite to judge someone and call him a thief out of flat. I was a poor teenager back then. Now as an adult, I have a heap of originals for PC and various consoles I aquired through years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LenaWolfBravil Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 People pirate games for various reasons, money being one, which of course equals to shop lifting. The point is that it is illegal and will get you banned from Nexus. And yeah, it is amazing that people just go ahead and post stuff like "I've got a pirated version of this game"... Wham! Instant ban. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanR Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 15 hours ago, LenaWolfBravil said: People pirate games for various reasons, money being one, which of course equals to shop lifting. The point is that it is illegal and will get you banned from Nexus. And yeah, it is amazing that people just go ahead and post stuff like "I've got a pirated version of this game"... Wham! Instant ban. Yes, but I think for style of these post, they're propably teens or kids. Still you both are right, piracy is illegal and this site is run by legal company which must respond. Neglecting it would cause legal issues and worsened its reputation in business. On the other I can't resist to not make some smirky notice about some companies, which are going too far and their practises resembles witchhunts, like Nintendo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demorphic Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 Just to add that it's also damaging to the site as a whole. We aim to maintain good relations with game devs and a big part of that trust relationship is taking firm action against any form of piracy. From what I have seen the community is very efficient when it comes to reporting any mention of piracy in mods or comments — many thanks for helping to crack down on this. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboUK Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 20 hours ago, RomanR said: Piracy... is it even revelant these days? Subscribers of online services like Playstation+ and XBox Game Pass can enjoy offer of selected games for free every month, retailers like GOG offering games for mere pitance or even free with on sale days, with this a thought of downloading some rip or hacked DVD image divided into X parts is like an anchronism. On a other hand, looking at my games for C64 and finding that only four of them are originals (two cassettes and two cartridges) or Amiga, I would be a hypocrite to judge someone and call him a thief out of flat. I was a poor teenager back then. Now as an adult, I have a heap of originals for PC and various consoles I aquired through years. Gabe Newell said "Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem" and I think he's right, music piracy used to be a massive problem but since the removal of DRM from downloads and the arrival of streaming services it's rarely even mentioned, movies are the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronOfMpls Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 On 9/18/2024 at 6:57 AM, JimboUK said: Gabe Newell said "Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem" and I think he's right, music piracy used to be a massive problem but since the removal of DRM from downloads and the arrival of streaming services it's rarely even mentioned, movies are the same. In that vein, it'd be nice if every computer game eventually got a legitimate, reasonably-priced, DRM-free* or DRM-light** release. And depending on how the streaming service wars go, we might well see a resurgence in movie and TV piracy if getting some things legitimately is too expensive and difficult (have to subscribe to too many services to get what you want) or outright impossible (something isn't available at all, or is blocked to subscribers in your part of the world). * like on GOG ** like the Steam client's 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedHeadAngel Posted September 23 Author Share Posted September 23 On 9/19/2024 at 11:16 AM, AaronOfMpls said: * like on GOG What is GOG? I've seen it mentioned a few times, but I don't know what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRampage Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 4 hours ago, RedHeadAngel said: What is GOG? I've seen it mentioned a few times, but I don't know what it is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOG.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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