The Gentleman's Debate: Should the 1.3 ROM be made free?

[Darrin]

Nobody is "made" to do anything, you are not FORCED to run UAE.  If you WANT to play Amiga games then you should own legal copies of the ROMS and download an emulator or buy an Amiga off eBay.  The fact that you decide to go for the cheap route and download UAE instead of buying an Amiga does not give you the right to PRIATE the ROMs or the SOFTWARE.

You can try an turn this into your right to receive a "free meal", but what you are trying to do here is justify piracy.  Nice try, but hard luck.

If you want to play a game then pay the fees involved.  If you don't want to pay then bugger off and try something else.  This is one of the major rules of life.  Live with it instead of crying over it.

Sorry if I sound harsh, but the "something for nothing brigade" really piss me off at times.

[Darrin]

@ MikeyMike,

Sorry about that :-)

My problem is that even though I still own 3 operational Amiga computers (plus 1 more, sold 1 and burried 1), I have also BOUGHT 2 copies of AmigaForever including the latest release.  With regards to the latest release, all I can say is that it's worth every penny/cent/chrome-pressed-latinum.  It is easy to install, comes with practically OS3.9, all the ROMS you need, some really great software and doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

Why pirate when a legal product is available so cheaply?

It drives me nuts!!!  Grrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!

;-)

[Darrin]

Argo wrote:
those that want it (bad enough) will get it one way or the other.

I know what you're saying, but that is like saying that those who want cocaine bad enough will get it so let us legalise it or (if taken to the extreme) someone who wants to kill someone badly enough will find a way to do it so let us legalise that too.

Oh dear, I think I've opened a can of worms here... ;-)

[Darrin]

@Darrin, Cymric:

The question is should it be made free, not "Should I pirate it" - so whilst there are reasonable arguments for copyright law being less restrictive, no one is trying to justify piracy in this thread.

A good point.  In reply then all I can say is "No, because someone has paid for the rights to them and they are easily available for the cheap price of $29.99 along with a bundle of wonderful software that makes them a joy to use".

How is that ;-)