Q. so anyway I downloaded a pirated Street Fighter X Tekken because I never buy a game before trying it out to see if I like it, the thing is this particular game isn't sold anywhere in my city but I want it really fast so I don't want to wait for a retail copy of the game to be shipped in a week or so from another country (not to mention the shipping fees are gonna be higher than the game itself, trust me postal service is a bitch here). As far as i'm aware CD-keys can be purchased online and delivered to me much sooner (1-24h), so would I be able to enter a legitimate CD-key in my games for windows account and activate Street Fighter X Tekken if I have a pirated copy of the game?
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as stated why dont you by a digital copy? a lot of places you pay the same price but dont have to wait for it in the mail. not to mention, can download as many times as you want depending on were you get it from. like steam for instance. because steam is an account based system. meaning to play you have to be logged into steam (either offline or online). but once you have steam you can download the game to any computer and as many as you want. because you have to log into your account. the only thing is to play online you can only be logged onto one computer at a time with steam.
so for my kids i have sonic generations, and sonic racing. both from steam. i use there computer log into steam and then go offline mode. then for myself i log into steam and i now can play either one of those games as well or i like to play mw3 online. so i can. but if there comuter was logged on to steam in online then i could not play mw3 online. they dont have my pw so they cant log on.
steam has that game on it also so you could get it from there. the only downside is it usually takes longer to download a game thru the internet then to have a cd. but the good is like i have portal 1 and 2. missing the cds but since i already owned them and they were steam related games and so they are activated with my steam account i can still download them.
as stated why dont you by a digital copy? a lot of places you pay the same price but dont have to wait for it in the mail. not to mention, can download as many times as you want depending on were you get it from. like steam for instance. because steam is an account based system. meaning to play you have to be logged into steam (either offline or online). but once you have steam you can download the game to any computer and as many as you want. because you have to log into your account. the only thing is to play online you can only be logged onto one computer at a time with steam.
so for my kids i have sonic generations, and sonic racing. both from steam. i use there computer log into steam and then go offline mode. then for myself i log into steam and i now can play either one of those games as well or i like to play mw3 online. so i can. but if there comuter was logged on to steam in online then i could not play mw3 online. they dont have my pw so they cant log on.
steam has that game on it also so you could get it from there. the only downside is it usually takes longer to download a game thru the internet then to have a cd. but the good is like i have portal 1 and 2. missing the cds but since i already owned them and they were steam related games and so they are activated with my steam account i can still download them.
Is it legal to download a game if you already have purchased it before?
sasha
So let's say... I bouught new super Mario bros for the ds, and then I get a emulator and get the rom, does that count as piracy?
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No it's not. Making copies of something is not illegal, the illegal part is when people sell those copies to someone else.
You can make as many copies of anything you own, you can download a torrent for a game you bought and you can even play the cracked game if you want (most of the time it's even easier to install the cracked one instead of the original one).
You can even see a disclaimer in most websites that provide ROMs saying "you need delete this ROM after 24h if you don't own the game already".
SALUDOS!
@Dr. Magma, emulators are not illegal, they are just software made to work with third party content. There is nothing illegal about it, same as there is nothing illegal about making a program that can open and edit .doc files or any other files for that matter. It would be illegal to mod the game itself, but emulators do not do that.
No it's not. Making copies of something is not illegal, the illegal part is when people sell those copies to someone else.
You can make as many copies of anything you own, you can download a torrent for a game you bought and you can even play the cracked game if you want (most of the time it's even easier to install the cracked one instead of the original one).
You can even see a disclaimer in most websites that provide ROMs saying "you need delete this ROM after 24h if you don't own the game already".
SALUDOS!
@Dr. Magma, emulators are not illegal, they are just software made to work with third party content. There is nothing illegal about it, same as there is nothing illegal about making a program that can open and edit .doc files or any other files for that matter. It would be illegal to mod the game itself, but emulators do not do that.
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