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Flying Dagger · 2012-04-17, 12:09

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/04/17/wh...er-2-for-free/

I believe "modding" (via soft/hardmod) would only void the warranty of the console, but is not necessary a form of piracy (those copyright are you stepping over?). Some googling reveal this, but the case was settled outside the court. (No mod user was sued - only the creator)

If the game you are downloading/"importing" does not have a license holder in your country. It is not a form of piracy*. This is the same grey area in which unlicensed anime work in the fansubbing community.

*If you do it over BT and you upload the game to licensed regions you technically can get into trouble but usually companies hunt down the major seeders instead of the little fishes. Years ago RIAA tried to hunt down the little fishes with DMCA they get heavily criticized for sending their letters to people who cannot even use a computer. Those letters are mostly scare tactics as it would cost them quite a bit of money and effort to prove their case (esp if you claim the case of operating an unsecured wifi network).

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Flying Dagger 大巧不工 Join Date: Dec 2003	http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/04/17/wh...er-2-for-free/ I believe "modding" (via soft/hardmod) would only void the warranty of the console, but is not necessary a form of piracy (those copyright are you stepping over?). Some googling reveal this, but the case was settled outside the court. (No mod user was sued - only the creator) If the game you are downloading/"importing" does not have a license holder in your country. It is not a form of piracy. This is the same grey area in which unlicensed anime work in the fansubbing community. If you do it over BT and you upload the game to licensed regions you technically can get into trouble but usually companies hunt down the major seeders instead of the little fishes. Years ago RIAA tried to hunt down the little fishes with DMCA they get heavily criticized for sending their letters to people who cannot even use a computer. Those letters are mostly scare tactics as it would cost them quite a bit of money and effort to prove their case (esp if you claim the case of operating an unsecured wifi network).