• MooseBoys@lemmy.world
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    3 years ago

    a game I made in 1995

    a game someone else made in 1995 which was later hostilely acquired by EA only to see it immediately fire all staff and shutter the studio

    FTFY

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      3 years ago

      More like: Nintendo, “here is an HD remake of that old game you wanted.”

      Fans, “We don’t want to pay for old games!”

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      3 years ago

      Theft implies ownership. Even if you buy the game, the company or library host you bought it from doesn’t consider it yours. So why would pirating a game be ownership, or “theft,” either? Companies say what’s in their best interest, money. Ownership, especially of digital media, is a social construct. Writing a file onto your disk is not stealing, as it implies limited supply. No product should have infinite profit, it should be relational to labor not money.

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      3 years ago

      Tell me you are lacking so much knowledge on how computers work that you shouldn’t be allowed to use them without telling me.