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Except you're not stealing.
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You seem to believe this is some kind of a priori truth.
It is not.
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And saying you can't justify something because it's illegal is silly, there are tonnes of bullshit laws nowadays.
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Yeah, there are lots of good ones too. Like the ones that prohibit theft.
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but unusually most of the companies I've seen discuss the topic aren't really that bothered, they're just happy that people are playing the games.
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Ahhh, anecdotal evidence. The best kind!
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Old games like that aren't in production anymore so even if you did buy it the original development team wouldn't be getting any money.
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Most old games you can now get from digitial retailers and the original developers would get a slice of the profit.
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I wouldn't pirate indie games just in the same way that I wouldn't pirate indie music (I actually do sometimes but I still feel guilty about it).
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'As an unnecessary addendum to my argument: I have standards but sometimes break them.'