From: hartja@atlantis.CS.ORST.EDU (-= Souther N. =-)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: Re: Why are game copiers illegal
Date: 27 Aug 92 20:53:02 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Outreach Services - Oregon State University

hellmann@avalon.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Dirk Hellmann ) writes:


>	THEY ARE ILLEGAL BECAUSE THE GAMES HAVE AN COPYRIGHT!!!
>A game is made by an company. This company own the name the program
>the outfit and everything on and in it. Espacially the right to make
>copy of the program (cartright). Same as illegal as copying books,
>CD's and computer programms. To copy books is a little bit compli-
>cated and the result is readable but it is nicer to have the book
>at home (Most times books are so expensive that this would be
>imposible!!). To copy CD's is easier but you make copys on MC and
>the quality last a bit. But both have in common that the one who
>use an photocopier and the one who buy empty MC to put music on,
>pay for it a little more as they would pay normally cause a part of
>the money you pay goes back to the company.
>	The videogames industrie does not have such a philosophie.
>From a videogame you can make hundreds and thousends of copies and
>the quality does not lack. Instead of buying a game you make a copy
>of it. You steal it. And do noy say: 'I only want to try the game,
>if the game is good I buy it'. Most of them does not do it. They
>say: 'Hey this game is great and I get it for nearly nothing.
>And this is greater, I go on like this'.
>	This is bad. It is illegal and if you go on the video-
>companies does not produced good games any more.


>                                             only my opinion
>                                                     y.s. Dirk
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You are right about the copyright but these copier devices are sold under the
name of game back up device.  Under the copyright laws of software in the US
and most other places you are allowed to make 1 back up copy of any piece of
software you own, just as long as you keep it to your self and do not give the
copy to a friend.  This whole arguement is stupid and a waste of bandwidth.
These game copiers ARE legal in the US of A even tho they can be used for 
illegal purposes.  


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