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What would you considered "Ethical Piracy"
  • I’d say that there’s a scale

    ‘pirating’ an abandonware PC game that has long been left by the original devs, and isn’t for sale anywhere legally - this is still illegal under most laws, despite their being no legal routes to buy it at all legally. Most sane people don’t think this is unethical.

    But downloading a hacked version of an app or game developed by a tiny independent team that truly care about the product, and invest the profits back in it - I say that this is unethical, as the people you are stealing from are directly affected by your actions. If you bought this game or app, your money goes directly to them, and they are more likely to keep developing other things.

    Adobe, MS and the like have billions, so piracy has less of a direct impact on them -

    So yeah, for me it’s a scale of ethical piracy - and you have to draw the line where you feel comfortable

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