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Fool wrote

Oh my god!

They might send you... a letter.

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zoom_zip wrote

it’s 1009 dangerous. you should probably microwave your computer and retreat to your bunker for a few years

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NOISEBOB wrote

If you live in Germoney it could be a small problem...

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cyberrose wrote

Small problem means it gets expensive if you just pay. But there are ways to lower the fine or even get around it.

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Anarcat wrote

Depends entirely on justidcition.

In the US you'll normally just get a warning lettter the first time. Ignore it (so as not to incriminate yourself) and nothing'll happen.

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SinkertonBard wrote

I've never received a letter, or experienced any other adverse contact from anyone associated with anything I've ever pirated, and I've not used a VPN yet.

I've pirated a very few things over the years, on the order of maybe 1 or 2 items a year, at most(most years less than that). Items in this sense includes movies, TV Shows, and software/video games.

I've received more than that from friends and family who have pirated them and openly shared them(i.e. no charge, but also little to no traceable record of the transfer).

I've purchased yet far more. Usually I end up owning the good stuff on DVD(I abhor BluRay, mostly because the increase in quality is not significant enough to justify the additional storage requirement for rips) or some other form of "hard" copy. This often works in my favor, as I can buy a combo for the same price, and then keep the DVD and resell the BluRay for nearly the same original cost, since that is what so many others prefer to own. I put "hard" in quotes to distinguish it from owning something which is tied to a distribution/DRM platform like Steam. I buy all my games on GoG these days, for example. If I can't buy it on GoG and I want it, I buy it on console, and then pirate the PC version. This way I at least have a technical out if I ever get sued, as I don't even own any consoles, but at least I can prove I have a pristine copy of the game regardless. I regret that many games are simply not available for purchase for PC these days, in the sense that I have to submit to Valve's(or some other company's distribution platform) "user license" before I can "own" a game on their platform. Mostly the only reason this bothers me is because even for games that should work fully offline, I still have to request permission from them every month or two at a minimum to play them, and that's a minor inconvenience that I simply cannot abide for a game that I supposedly own.

I don't buy a large number of games, and I'm willing to wait years if necessary in most cases to purchase games on GoG. This often results in me getting a massive discount as an added bonus. I just bought The Witcher 3(GOTY) like two months ago, for example, for something like $10. Simply never played it before that.

Sorry for the long and rambling response.

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SinkertonBard wrote

I don't mind financially supporting developers when I enjoy their work, but it still doesn't mean I want to put up with DRM.

Ironically, pirated works often end up being far more convenient to use than the versions that I pay for, simply for the lack of DRM.

If it gives me the possibility of having a "reasonable doubt" in court, that's just an added bonus.

But at the end of the day, at least I'm still morally correct, even if the court and the money grubbing corporation don't see it that way.

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Sparkle wrote

I'd just like to barge in out of nowhere and take a moment to whine about publishers and bosses sucking up most or all of the proceeds, making purchases support them rather than the actual developers.

Whine, whine, whine. Okay, there, I have whined.

...Fucking parasites.

Good to support people who (actually) make things where possible, though. One of numerous reasons to only buy from indies.

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