mynameisaichlinn - BANNED

[LadyMilla]

mynameisaichlinn banned.



Reason for the ban
Defending, and admitting to piracy. Our rules about discussing piracy is clear:

Piracy and you

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Through your use of Nexus Mods you agree that you will not post any content which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, threatening, **related to piracy**, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise in violation of UK law.

 

mynameisaichlinn, on 08 Apr 2014 - 9:05 PM, said:

I have this same problem. i own a legal copy of skyrim and have tried all suggested solutions etc.

however im just posting this to say that although i dont pirate games i still dont think of it as theft. these 'thieves' never would have bought a copy of the game, and therefore the developer has not lost anything by them downloading it.

imagine a shop keeper had a chocolate bar. if you stole the chocolate bar then the shop keeper would have one less. however if you download the game illegally then no one loses any money, you simply gain a game that you wouldn't of bought otherwise. i will admit that i have pirated games in the past (to try the game out) however if i liked the game i always bought a physical copy and therefore the act of piracy actually meant that the developers of the game made a profit from me, because if i hadn't had a chance to try the game out myself i would not have bought it.

and i agree that you are treating pirates a little harshly (i mean banning them is ok, but there is no need to be so rude and call them thieves etc) [:armscrossed:]

so sorry if this offends you and you want to ban me, but it is my honest opinion that pirates are not thieves and i would like you to know my reasoning behind it.

To answer your question: "When you take something without paying its price even though you know that the owner does not want you to have it without payment, that is called theft."

Pirating a game to "try it before buying it" is still piracy. If the publisher had wanted to offer you an opportunity to try the game then they would have made a demo version.

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