Piracy - Were you responsible? - Page 3

gimbal · 03 March 2012, 21:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by amiga_Forever

I'd be smart enough not to admitt it on a forum

Denial. You're guilty.

StarEye · 05 March 2012, 16:44

Fairlight made me do it.

Bad bad Galahad!

ennio · 05 April 2012, 05:27

Back then I was too young and naive to feel morally compelled to buy games. That is until my Amiga contact got a PC.

mombasajoe · 05 April 2012, 08:32

I really wonder why it is called "piracy".

Merlin · 05 April 2012, 10:20

I had some copied games and apps, but I didn't do piracy, as I get seasick....

Tiago · 05 April 2012, 12:20

Back in the days, there were no law about copywrite here in Portugal.
I used to go to my local store and ask for a copy of an Amiga game. It was legal because there was no law... I used to buy Amiga games (1 floppy) for about 2 euros back in 1990/1991

carls · 05 April 2012, 19:20

I almost never bought games. Back in my 500+ days I owned two originals: DPaint IV which I bought together with the computer, and Zool. In fact I don't think I would've bought an Amiga if it wasn't for the booming piracy. Without "free" games it never would have gotten as big as it was.

After a couple of years I got more and more into the productivity side of computing and actually got most of my software legally from cover disks: PPaint, Amos Pro, ImageFX, Pagestream, and many more.

brett71 · 05 April 2012, 21:54

Back when I was active in the Amiga scene from 1986 or so to the mid-90's, I probably pirated 60% or so of my software, mainly because friends around me either had Amigas with pirated stuff or ran BBS's and got the stuff uploaded to them.

The main category of stuff that I ALWAYS bought, though, were any games by Psygnosis. I was a huge fan of their work, and bought just about everything they made up until about 1992 or 1993, whenever they started doing shit movie-tie-in games.

I remember going to the shop where my parents bought me my original A500 and going through their little collection of games and copying just about everything they had, with the full knowledge of the shop owners. This had the side effect of introducing me to the first Strip Poker game on the Amiga, too....I was never the same after that. hehehehe

fishyfish · 01 May 2012, 18:23

For the 1st few years I had an amiga the only original software I had is what came with my amiga. As I got older and my income grew I started to buy software for 2 reasons:

1). Hackers/crackers as often as not would screw up the software with thier lacklusture "skills"
2). I found that I can appreciate a game more, and give it more of a chance when you've shelled out your hard earned money. I also like to have the boxes/manuals/etc. much more than just "soulless" data on a disc (same reason I enjoy my dvd/bluray/games collection more than copies,.... no pride in a collection of data on a harddrive).

I think magazine cover discs and the pd scene played some part in changing my attitude towards theft (piracy) too. I could still have lots of fun without the need to steal from developers.

View Poll Results: Yaaaaaaar?
Pretty much everything I had was pirated.	83	52.53%
Pretty much everything I had was pirated because it wasn't available to buy where I was.	20	12.66%
Probably around half and half.	44	27.85%
I never pirated (or very, VERY rarely)	11	6.96%
Voters: 158. You may not vote on this poll

05 April 2012, 08:32	#84
mombasajoe Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: D Age: 38 Posts: 458	I really wonder why it is called "piracy". __________________ A500+ 68010, AlfaPower 1 GB CF (HD), 10 MB RAM, 3.1 based on ClassicWB 68K CD32, A500, C64, C16, SNES etc.

05 April 2012, 10:20	#85
Merlin AmiBay MegaMod Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Manchester, UK Age: 51 Posts: 1,122	I had some copied games and apps, but I didn't do piracy, as I get seasick.... __________________ Author of the Retr0bright Wiki: http://www.retr0bright.wikispaces.com

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05 March 2012, 16:44	#82
StarEye Zone Friend Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Norway Age: 35 Posts: 978	Fairlight made me do it. Bad bad Galahad!

05 April 2012, 05:27	#83
ennio Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Framingham, MA, USA Posts: 52	Back then I was too young and naive to feel morally compelled to buy games. That is until my Amiga contact got a PC.

05 April 2012, 12:20	#86
Tiago Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Estoril/Portugal Age: 36 Posts: 74	Back in the days, there were no law about copywrite here in Portugal. I used to go to my local store and ask for a copy of an Amiga game. It was legal because there was no law... I used to buy Amiga games (1 floppy) for about 2 euros back in 1990/1991

05 April 2012, 19:20	#87
carls Registered User Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Malmö Posts: 23	I almost never bought games. Back in my 500+ days I owned two originals: DPaint IV which I bought together with the computer, and Zool. In fact I don't think I would've bought an Amiga if it wasn't for the booming piracy. Without "free" games it never would have gotten as big as it was. After a couple of years I got more and more into the productivity side of computing and actually got most of my software legally from cover disks: PPaint, Amos Pro, ImageFX, Pagestream, and many more.

05 April 2012, 21:54	#88
brett71 Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ames, IA, USA Posts: 156	Back when I was active in the Amiga scene from 1986 or so to the mid-90's, I probably pirated 60% or so of my software, mainly because friends around me either had Amigas with pirated stuff or ran BBS's and got the stuff uploaded to them. The main category of stuff that I ALWAYS bought, though, were any games by Psygnosis. I was a huge fan of their work, and bought just about everything they made up until about 1992 or 1993, whenever they started doing shit movie-tie-in games. I remember going to the shop where my parents bought me my original A500 and going through their little collection of games and copying just about everything they had, with the full knowledge of the shop owners. This had the side effect of introducing me to the first Strip Poker game on the Amiga, too....I was never the same after that. hehehehe

01 May 2012, 18:23	#89
fishyfish Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 445	For the 1st few years I had an amiga the only original software I had is what came with my amiga. As I got older and my income grew I started to buy software for 2 reasons: 1). Hackers/crackers as often as not would screw up the software with thier lacklusture "skills" 2). I found that I can appreciate a game more, and give it more of a chance when you've shelled out your hard earned money. I also like to have the boxes/manuals/etc. much more than just "soulless" data on a disc (same reason I enjoy my dvd/bluray/games collection more than copies,.... no pride in a collection of data on a harddrive). I think magazine cover discs and the pd scene played some part in changing my attitude towards theft (piracy) too. I could still have lots of fun without the need to steal from developers.

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