Nope, one is stealing code, one is stealing a car. Just because a code is bits and bytes doesn't mean it's not the same act. If I copy a digital song I'm stealing that song as well.
How is Emulation supposed to be "Game Preservation"?
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But here's the thing: I'm not defending companies, I'm pointing out that the logic is wrong, and it is. If people want to pirate, that's their problem. Just don't go through mental hoops to justify it
if it was possible to infinitely ctrl+c/ctrl+v a car, but instead you still have to pay $60k because of licensing fees, it would further demonstrate the insanity and antisocial nature of copyright.
there's already a pretty close analogy with pharmaceuticals. the materials cost of a pill is negligible. but the manufacturing of cheap/free drugs is hindered primarily by patents. so we could be saving/improving lives, but instead patients are forced to pay thousands of dollars.
I see no problem with piracy. I don't have to justify anything.
'vote with your wallet' is a popular and true mantra. Shame people don't vote with their brain and get the games for free.
If piracy could bankrupt a company, EA wouldn't have been a company long enough to see a PS4.
Stealing; the act of taking one's possessions for you own, depriving them of that possession.
Copying digital information isn't stealing. No one is deprived of the ownership.
I will say as a person who writes my own books + short stories; I would be livid if people copied/distributed my works without consent.
I make music. Copying my music without my permission is definitely stealing my property. But keep on bending that spine of yours.
But if it's digital it's fine, RIGHT??? Because you're not deprived of ownership or some shit.
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By your logic why even work at all when you can just rob a bank?
Super Mario Maker servers shutting down means you can't play the user generated levels anymore (key feature of the game, disabled because company doesn't want to support your purchase anymore) so people have archived the levels. Can someone explain to me how this isn't game preservation? The content of a game, a key feature mind you, being supported by 3rd parties past the point that the publisher wishes to support it somehow is not preserving the game as it was? If it's theft to do this, then it must be theft for Nintendo to steal that content off purchasers.
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The game has been out for how many years now? If you wanted to play it you would have.
This isn't some obscure 30 year old game lost to time
I'm confused here. You said how is emulation preservation, and here is an example of a game's key feature/content disappearing once the servers end. It might not be 30yo, but it's going to be lost to time once the servers close. "It's not preservation because you could have played it before the servers turned off." What??? What if I didn't and want to play it? What if I purchased the game and want to keep playing the content that came with my purchase? What if I couldn't play it because I was in a coma and just woke up? What if I was a kid and my parents didn't buy me said console but now I'm an adult and it's physically impossible to engage in the game as it was? All those examples invalidate your claims. It's cope to suggest people ought be limited by specific time frame windows in which they can play games they purchase when emulation fixes this. My example answers your thread question perfectly, refusing to accept it is just bad faith.
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It's like a concert, if you miss out on it you miss out on it. The legacy is preserved for video recordings of the event like how Mario maker is preserved through video retrospectives.
You can't keep the concert going on for ever just like you can't keep the Mario maker servers up forever.
Perhaps when you spend years of effort, dedication and hardship to produce something, you will understand where I am coming from.
The level of disrespect you show towards others is actually astounding.
The connection between me buying your book and you getting paid is far from direct. I would prefer if you just got a permanent income for being a writer. And I can get the same for writing software I find interesting.
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Let me just go into your bank account and take your money, you should be happy to share right?
most people who emulate don't care about game preservation. They just want free entertainment
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