@ShadJV It's nowhere near the same. If you steal someone's car THEY no longer have the car, they cannot drive or enjoy it. Copying is not theft as much as companies would like you to believe that. It IS however illegal in many cases. That said In the US copyright originally only lasted 7 years (14 if the creator re-upped). This is so that our society could both foster innovation by protecting the creator AND allow all of us to benefit in the long term. It also was created that way to prevent exactly what is happening now: The hoarding of these assets by a few to allow them to gain financially indefinitely for assets they never created. At the point where we are now with (c) being over 100 years it is a joke and hard to take seriously. The fact that companies have paid millions to school systems to sucker the next generation into believing the whole "copying is theft" crapola is more reason to seriously question that line of thought. I buy a heck of alot more games than average... I'm just not a sucker for a slick slogan.
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Re: Flash Carts Could Be Slowly Killing Your Retro Consoles
@Kalmaro No. It's not. If you steal someone's car they no longer can have it or use it. If you copy code the original can still be used.
Re: Flash Carts Could Be Slowly Killing Your Retro Consoles
@ShadJV It's nowhere near the same. If you steal someone's car THEY no longer have the car, they cannot drive or enjoy it. Copying is not theft as much as companies would like you to believe that. It IS however illegal in many cases. That said In the US copyright originally only lasted 7 years (14 if the creator re-upped). This is so that our society could both foster innovation by protecting the creator AND allow all of us to benefit in the long term. It also was created that way to prevent exactly what is happening now: The hoarding of these assets by a few to allow them to gain financially indefinitely for assets they never created. At the point where we are now with (c) being over 100 years it is a joke and hard to take seriously. The fact that companies have paid millions to school systems to sucker the next generation into believing the whole "copying is theft" crapola is more reason to seriously question that line of thought. I buy a heck of alot more games than average... I'm just not a sucker for a slick slogan.