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Re: Opening the piracy can of worms.
« on: October 21, 2006, 05:18:35 PM »
Good post, I hope that clears up the confusion. I personally fully understand people wanting to use abandonware on their platform they feel is orphaned. I understand it may be impossible to get legal copies of some software. While in practice the platform may feel orphaned, in technical terms it is not. Amiga.org simply has to walk a fine line if it wants to continue to provide its services to the Amiga community.
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Re: Opening the piracy can of worms.
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2006, 05:34:40 PM »
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1. You own a legal, licensed copy of the game/program/utility, and your disk is bad (after all these disks are YEARS old now).

I think this is the only reason I'd ever be interested in obtaining a program through non-traditional channels.


Good point. What I have done personally in the past is have people mail me the faulty disk for verification and I would return it to them with a backup copy. I don't think genuine discussion about obtaining legit backups for owned software falls into the piracy category. As long as dicussion stays legal. Unfortunately in the past these legit discussions have been derailed by someone posting a link to pirate softwate.
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Re: Opening the piracy can of worms.
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2006, 08:42:04 PM »
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pedro7 wrote:
I'd like to ask something.
What is the site's position on pieces of software that were free for download but have now been removed from aminet due to concerns over the legality of the software. eg harddrive installers for commercial games and also clones of old arcade games. Is requesting and posting links to these prohibited?


Wayne can correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't see any problem with HD installers.

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Oh be nice  :-P
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Re: Opening the piracy can of worms.
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2006, 01:29:38 AM »
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odin wrote:
So.....er....asking for an ADF of Worms isn't allowed?  :angel:


Negative, Batman.
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Re: Opening the piracy can of worms.
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2006, 02:14:24 AM »
@K7HTH

You live in Huntsville?
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Re: Opening the piracy can of worms.
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2006, 05:09:41 AM »
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K7HTH wrote:
Why yes I do, neighbor!


Sweet! Are you an active user of any retro platforms?
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Re: Opening the piracy can of worms.
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2006, 06:42:20 AM »
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Well, he is posting on an Amiga site...  :-D


Well that doesn't mean he is an active user. I have tons of C= 8bit, but I cast off my Amiga stuff a year of so ago.

I'd bet a good part of the users here aren't active:-(
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Re: Opening the piracy can of worms.
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2006, 03:45:55 PM »
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 I know, just thought it was funny.


Sorry Argo, I'm thick sometimes :oops:
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