Is it illegal or bad?

[JAKEBAB]

Just wondering is it ok to buy a collectors edition of a game and then download a cracked version to play it so u don't have to open the box? 

 

Edit: i have no idea how this is borderline coc i never said i was going to do it! I thought a forum was to ask questions lol.

 

Edit 2: Im not scared of pirating im just wondering if this is legal or not if i wanted to do this i would do it regardless if its legal or not lol i got truck simulator 2 the "special" way but have now bought it so im not worried about that i know no one is going to come knocking on my door etc.

[Jack.EXE]

this is a grey area, morally it's fine, but I'm not sure legally.

[xXxYOLOxSWAGxXx_420BlazeIt]

In England it is legal to do that. I dont see a problem with it.

[ZetZet]

Just wondering is it ok to buy a collectors edition of a game and then download a cracked version to play it so u don't have to open the box? 

It if it's online register then it's not ok. If it's pure offline then no one will give any f.

[ViruZ_HUN]

Just wondering is it ok to buy a collectors edition of a game and then download a cracked version to play it so u don't have to open the box? 

what is collectors edition?, and if you have bought i game why not open it?

[topsu]

what is collectors edition?, and if you have bought i game why not open it?

 

Wow, never buying games huh?

[ViruZ_HUN]

Wow, never buying games huh?

no:(

 

Not on the recent time....

[Imabigmac]

Is it legal to have the money to buy a car, but steal the money from someone else to buy the car?

[Heisenbleurgh]

I don't think it's legal cause that's like having prescription for medical marijuana but still buying from some shady guy in the corner. That shady street-bought marijuana still isn't legal

But unless you need a key to play that's inside the box, there'd be no problems and you wouldn't need to touch the box at all.

[JAKEBAB]

what is collectors edition?, and if you have bought i game why not open it?

A collectors edition is a more expensive version of the game it comes with extras like dlc, sound track, art books and sometimes figurines of characters in the game and i dont want to open it because i like it to be in mint condition i have this thing where i love boxes of products but i hate when u open it it usually makes a crinkle in the flap or the tongue whatever u want to call it and i dont really want to buy the game twice for me to only use one license

[JAKEBAB]

Is it legal to have the money to buy a car, but steal the money from someone else to buy the car?

 

 

I don't think it's legal cause that's like having prescription for medical marijuana but still buying from some shady guy in the corner. That shady street-bought marijuana still isn't legal

But unless you need a key to play that's inside the box, there'd be no problems and you wouldn't need to touch the box at all.

 

how is this anything the same u are buying a license from the game dev the money is going to them but u arent activating the license or giving it away so the game u download is accounted for in sales as u arent playing the game on 2 computers.

[Vitalius]

Is it legal to have the money to buy a car, but steal the money from someone else to buy the car?

Not the same thing. 

Is it legal to have the money to buy a car, but then steal the money from someone else to buy the car, except they keep the money you stole, effectively doubling it? 

Digital is completely different from the normal material world. Pirating is like stealing, except the person you took the item from doesn't lose anything. 

[minimalist]

Shouldn't have asked and just done it.

[needmorewood]

errr no its not. ur still not using the code so u could resell it for full price and still have it.
sometimes i do it where i buy the game and get a cracked version so i dont have to deal with DRM but i activate my paid games still

[Mao_Zedong]

It's not wrong, it's like buying a fancy car, then making your own car based on the fancy one for free so your fancy car doesn't get dirty.

[Guest GRRigger]

American Anti Piracy Squad ( AAPS ) will come to australia with a boat, then drive to your home, bust your door open and you will be sent to level 3 security prison for trial

they will burn the box and you will be sentenced to death

 

R.I.P.

 

lmao bro, why write this here? you know coc, you know what is illegal, and you know what you think, just dont ask on forum

[tobben]

Is it legal to have the money to buy a car, but steal the money from someone else to buy the car?

 

Not the same thing. 

 

both of you make ABSOLUTELY no sense whatsoever, he bought the product, he purchased it with his own money, he is just getting the data elsewhere, that example makes no sense as it is a completely different scenario, and as far as im concered it is still illegal, when you buy a copy of the game you get that single copy, only the cd is yours (but not really), you don't own the game or the data you are only entitled to the merchandise that comes with your box and nothing else(in reality you don't even own that), but i think it's completely fine morally and i know of others who do the same so you're not alone, they got the money for the product because you bought it, you just got the data and installed it in a way they didn't intend but that doesn't cost them a single penny because they aren't the ones distributing it.

 

 

 

BTW JUST FYI, this thread is very much borderline against coc.

[Riddler356]

Just wondering is it ok to buy a collectors edition of a game and then download a cracked version to play it so u don't have to open the box?

not sure about Australia but here in the US it is illegal. so either open or buy a version to open, that is what i would do. but someone else might know if it is a grey area or if it's illegal, but yeah i would do either of the things i mentioned

[Vitalius]

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I don't know what you are talking about. I agreed with you basically (or you with me, whatever). 

That's not how Microsoft handles a software license, which is what you get when you buy a game. They don't care at all if you have multiple copies on disc. They only care if you have more installations than you have receipts (i.e. how many copies you bought and so how many software licenses you are entitled to).

So, based on the precedent Microsoft sets regarding software (which is what a video game is apparently), I can torrent any amount of the games, but I can only install and actively use a number equal to my receipts (in this case, 1) that I legitimately paid for. 

I would say, based on the above, what the OP is intending to do is perfectly legal and moral. 

[helping]

You're fine as long as you own a legitimate copy and key. 

[WiiManic]

You'll also have to consider the fact that if its an online game, then you'll lose any of those features, unless cracked servers are also available.

 

I'd say its fine, you have a copy of the game, you have supported the devs and what not, they haven't lost a sale or anything.

Hell, buying the collectors is even more expensive.

 

Obviously, check with your countries laws, a bunch of people agreeing/disagreeing means nothing if the law where you live is different.

[tobben]

I don't know what you are talking about. I agreed with you basically (or you with me, whatever). 

That's not how Microsoft handles a software license, which is what you get when you buy a game. They don't care at all if you have multiple copies on disc. They only care if you have more installations than you have receipts (i.e. how many copies you bought and so how many software licenses you are entitled to).

So, based on the precedent Microsoft sets regarding software (which is what a video game is apparently), I can torrent any amount of the games, but I can only install and actively use a number equal to my receipts (in this case, 1) that I legitimately paid for. 

I would say, based on the above, what the OP is intending to do is perfectly legal and moral. 

game companies are just getting worse and worse, while a company might accept it that doesn't automaticly make it legal, while i don't find anything wrong morally, point is the example he used above is something completely different entierly unrelated to this matter and you did not point that out in your comment, as far as game companies goes they are pushing the rules to make it so that you don't own the software you just bought, you don't own the cd you spendt your hard earned money on, you are simply "renting it" and you can't choose what to do with it (lending/giving away/selling) because it's not yours.

 

in the example above not only did he make the assumption that he didn't pay for it, he stole the money to buy it and then proceeded to steal a physical object , which is exactly the oposite of what he is doing, he is not stealing money, he is buying the product and not taking anything from the producer that would cost them a single penny, everyone gets what they want.

[Vitalius]

point is the example he used above is something completely different entierly unrelated to this matter and you did not point that out in your comment...

Not the same thing. 

Digital is completely different from the normal material world. Pirating is like stealing, except the person you took the item from doesn't lose anything. 

[tobben]

Not the same thing. 

Digital is completely different from the normal material world. Pirating is like stealing, except the person you took the item from doesn't lose anything. 

 

 

i'm mostly referring to this

*Is it legal to have the money to buy a car, but then steal the money from someone else to buy the car, except they keep the money you stole, effectively doubling it? *

 

while the last part you said is pretty much the essence of the discussion, you purchased one copy and you are using one copy, nothing was doubled and nothing was stolen, and they didn't lose any money from the data you acquired by questionable means.

[Vitalius]

i'm mostly referring to this

 

while the last part you said is pretty much the essence of the discussion, you purchased one copy and you are using one copy, nothing was doubled and nothing was stolen, and they didn't lose any money from the data you acquired by questionable means.

Incorrect. The data was doubled. There are now two copies of the game rather than one (the one you torrented). You are right that nothing was stolen. That's why that sentence sounds weird. Because it doesn't sound like theft. Because it isn't theft.