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A donation or purchasing something else doesn’t legally or morally entitle you to owning an unrelated product made by the creator though…

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I disagree. Consumer gets game, creator gets paid. Seems pretty cut and dried to me.

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Unless the creator gives you their approval, it’s a donation that you can’t assume gives you the right to their product.

It’s funny the mental gymnastic you guys will do to justify your choices and make you feel like you’re morally right.

By the way, I don’t believe for one second that you’ve sent donations to all the creators of which you’ve pirated content.

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You’re equating the law with morality. They differ sometimes.

And yes, personally as soon as I had the money I purchased (or rather leased) everything I pirated and used past a standard trial period. Except for a few indie albums whose creators I couldn’t find. Except for age of empires, now I think if it. I’ll go buy it tonight.

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it’s immoral to prevent people from sharing tools or stories or songs or skills. i’m entitled to enjoy whatever someone wants to share with me.

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No you’re not if it’s infringing on someone’s copyright and you would agree with me if you ever created something you were trying to sell to make a living.

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copyright is an immoral government-enforced monopoly.

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