Yay for going wildly off topic. Re Oars 'get a job' I would point out that the economy currently sucks. I recently graduated university and have not been able to find a job. At all. I've applied for everything from night shifts at the local supermarkets to things which I'm not really even qualified for on the off chance. People aren't hiring at the moment, they're firing. I read in the news paper the other day that the AVERAGE number of applicants for jobs in my area is around 50-100 at the moment. Hell, I can't even get any volunteer work. The solution may well be moving and I'll look into that once I've finished getting my driving license, but that isn't an option that 1420r2d has (I assume). So do I think 1420r2d should have downloaded the game? Not really, considering the infinite capacity of the internet to entertain with free stuff. Is 'just get a job and stop being lazy' a constructive response to his stance however? Not so much I feel.
So, to be back on topic. I have little problem with people downloading and using emulators for games which are out of production. Sure, you can still technically buy a SNES and the copyright probably hasn't run out on the games (does anyone have any idea how long the copyright lasts on games before they become freeware, or is it variable?) so you're technically doing something illegal but the company wouldn't care even if they knew and its infinitely less hassle to play on the computer rather than faffing around with cartridges/cables anyway. Things become have become more complicated now with things like XboxLive and Wiiware releasing old games again. I'm less inclined to feel harshly about this though as even if you do it a lot it'll prolly only amount to 'theft' of the value of one modern game *shrugs*
Finally what do you guys think of predownloading some TV series on your PC should it be considered as a theft or maybe some kind of violation if you want to see you show earlier?
This one is a little harder. Technically what you're stealing here is your non-watching of the adverts and/or subscription to the TV channel the show airs on. The subscription one is easy enough to deal with...if you are subscribed to the channel then no problem, you're just choosing to watch it at a more convenient time, if you're not then you can't really justify it in legal terms
If you physically don't have access to the channel that shows the show then I don't personally feel that you're doing anything wrong in watching it online but you are clearly never going to legally be in the right. If you want to be able to claim the moral high ground you'll just have to wait til it comes out on DVD and watch it then. (Note - as per earlier, I don't think there's anything wrong with watching a TV show online that you otherwise wouldn't have access too...however if you want to go back and re-watch it again at a later date because you thought it was good, you really should be buying the DVD)
However people pay for adverts based on how many people they think will be watching the channel and channels pay for shows in order to lure people to watch. If people watch online instead then ratings will show lower numbers, people will pay less to put adverts on meaning the channels will make less money and will be less likely to make similar shows/continue the show/be able to buy shows at all. But then the question is how many of you watch adverts anyway? I know I just turn the volume off or go and make myself a drink while the adverts are on so technically I'm already 'stealing' the show.
Edit - also it occured to me that my previous position of shoplifting punishment should probably be modified in response to thinking about it. Don't have a shoplifting charge for every thing you downloaded, more have the penalties for a shoplifting charge available, in addition to potential fines. So you could possibly get shoplifting charge, fine or shoplifting charge + fine. Once again scaling somehow with severity of downloads.
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Notice that one of them is obtained in the bathroom, damn I could have been try to get that already :\ so I spend another couple of hundred adventures in the bathroom. Get fed up and go to find the one in the spooky forest. It appears after about 20 adventures. Go back to the spooky bathroom and spend another couple of hundred adventures, still nothing. Get fed up and go to the sea shore, encounter occurs in the first 10 adventures, go to Friars, adventure is the second encounter. Spend about another 500 adventures in the bathroom, still nothing <_<