@MazonnaCara89@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • edit-22 years agoUbisoft has quietly pulled Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag from Steamwww.xfire.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1218arrow-down14
arrow-up1214arrow-down1external-linkUbisoft has quietly pulled Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag from Steamwww.xfire.com@MazonnaCara89@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • edit-22 years agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareGunnarRunnarlinkfedilink9•2 years agoNot really an advocate for piracy but I wouldn’t have any qualms about recommending that route to you.
minus-square@ours@lemmy.filmlinkfedilinkEnglish22•2 years agoIs it piracy? He owns a license for the game. Are Ubisoft or Rockstart Games pirates for using scene cracks themselves?
minus-square520linkfedilink7•edit-22 years ago Is it piracy? He owns a license for the game. Technically it’s not. They don’t even need a new copy of the game, just the cracked .exe file. Are Ubisoft or Rockstart Games pirates for using scene cracks themselves? Arguably so, as they did not get the scene group’s permission to redistribute their works.
Not really an advocate for piracy but I wouldn’t have any qualms about recommending that route to you.
It feels very much in the spirit of the game.
Is it piracy? He owns a license for the game.
Are Ubisoft or Rockstart Games pirates for using scene cracks themselves?
Technically it’s not.
They don’t even need a new copy of the game, just the cracked .exe file.
Arguably so, as they did not get the scene group’s permission to redistribute their works.