Huh? That was really an unnecessary jab. I work 9-5 like everyone else, receive my yearly promotions on review, attend college half time with A's, been married for nearly 2 years, and have a 7mo son. You really have no idea who I am.Bubbalou wrote:
Lets translate the above
So if I had a receipt that I purchased Descent3 but then i later sold it or destroyed it, Now i have the right to download an illegal ISO because I once owned it.
Makes perfect sense!
Ace: instead, resist the urge to go for a super-sized value meal at McDonalds everyday for lunch for one single week. Then you can buy it online legally and make 10 copies for yourself, not to mention the 10lbs
Point:
Just because he refused to take care of the only media that was considered tangible in this whole meaningless thread, he gets a 'free pass' to be stupid and download illegal content.
It's obvious who lives at home still attached to the umbilical cord.
Read the OP:
Torrents, in and of themselves, are not illegal. They are simply a tool to download software.AceCombat wrote: can someone help me with a ISO of the D3 Discs? my two are scratched beyond repair, and money is tight for me right now. id love to get back into the game
Analyze it backwards: If I had a disc, then I decided to make a copy of it (for backup purposes), and then my original was destroyed, is it illegal for me to use my copy? That doesn't make any sense.
Read this:
Using the reverse of that logic, if I own a paid license to a piece of software, I am allowed to use a backup, mine or someone else's, of that software, and it would still fall under "fair use".Electronic Frontier Foundation wrote: 4. What's been recognized as fair use?
Making a personal back-up copy of content you own - for instance, burning a copy of an audio CD you own.
This is why many software companies are switching over to licensing a key. For instance, World of Warcraft, Microsoft Products, most online downloadable programs. If I lost my Windows 7 Disc, guess what? I can login to Microsoft and re download an ISO. Though this is not quite synonymous with a piece of software like Descent, the same concept applies. If I am allowed to backup and use my software, the whole point to having the backup is so that you don't damage your original, or so if the original is damaged, you have a backup!
So it would stand to reason that it really doesn't matter where the backup came from, as long as it is an identical backup of your current version.
