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dnguyen
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dnguyen
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In Youtube, there are lots of videos download this game and that game. Like COD4 or GTA San Andreas. Isn't that illegal???

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Zefiris
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Seyulshehir. Im just having fun. I dont download games anymore. i used to back in High shcool. The only downloaded games I currently have is NES SNES and SEGA games. Old games FTW.

FieldCommander678
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I wouldn't download games often if only the games wheren't that expensive here in Brazil...150 dollars for one PC game is just too much to ask for...

Freakenstein
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Hardware like AceKard asks you to "try the game" before you buy it, when using their products, but I'm like "Sure! I'll 'try' it!", and then forget to buy the game ;-)

ilovemoney249
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No point in downloading online unless its shareware or freeware. Besides, you can always use money so that it's considered legal. Unless you want to rob a bank then use that money to buy it, now that's illegal.

Freakenstein
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For AceKard, it's like this: You pay 11 dollars, plus the memory card if you don't have one already, and once it is imported, you get the card and you have the ability to download whatever you want into that card and are able to use it on your DS.

It's not specifically for games though. Music, videos, and texts are also available, just that for the DS, it's kinda low-quality.

Point is, pay $11 to download any DS stuff forever. Even though you paid money for the hardware, that's illegal.

SuperKool782
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Dude are you kidding me i thought that was common knowldge

JamesRaynor
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http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/xkcd488.jpg


Sadly it's true.

muffinman08
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i only ever downloaded medieval total war ( the first one) because my disk wouldnt work on my main computer ( which is wierd cos it works for my sisters laptop?)
the thing i usually download is patches for games cos i cant connect to windows live and stuff so i cant get dlc or patches

Zefiris
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Also it is illegal but at the same time think about this... If you are dirt poor and cannot afford food to live, would you go steal food for survival? Its basically the same thing.

Zefiris
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Give a man a game and he will play for a day,
Teach a man how to steal a game, he will play for the rest of his life.
End of story

Blkasp
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Give a man a game and he will play for a day,
Teach a man how to steal a game, he will play for the rest of his life.
End of story


Give a man some money and he will buy a game
Teach a man how to work for money and read the Copyright laws and he will live a legal happy life.
Zomghaxor
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Give a man some money and he will buy a game
Teach a man how to work for money and read the Copyright laws and he will live a legal happy life.


Give a man a girlfriend and he won't play video games and he will live a happy life.
shayneii
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Also it is illegal but at the same time think about this... If you are dirt poor and cannot afford food to live, would you go steal food for survival? Its basically the same thing.


Not really... because you kind of need food to survive... you don't need to download video games to survive!

Just because it's free and relatively easy doesn't mean you should do it.
Seyulshehir
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Give a man a game and he will play for a day,
Teach a man how to steal a game, he will play for the rest of his life.
End of story


That is seriously stupid, last page you were "joking" as well and it doesn't really matter how foolish you were trying to be when posting this it's idiotic. Stealing food to survive is human nature, humans are born to survive; but as it was stated you don't need video games to survive! And your little adage about teaching a man to steal and he'll play for the rest of his life? Yeah well he'll only do that if a) He doesn't get caught b) He enjoys a steady drop in the quality of his games and c) He prays to anything that'll listen so his favorite company doesn't get bankrupt.

Companies need the money, again don't think you're some modern day Robin Hood just because you downloaded a game from EA thinking "Oh they don't need my money" because if everyone thought like that they wouldn't be around. Either get an allowance from your parents and learn how to research your games so you don't regret your purchase, or get a job so you can earn your own money instead of being a leech on society.
Zefiris
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Seyulshehir... you got trolled big time

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