Titanium DL

[paulgiamatti]

Originally Posted by NegaStoat [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

All of what you described is valid in the case where software is neither discontinued or abandoned.

It's valid today too. Again, copyright law is agnostic about whether intellectual property is still available through retail, meaning if it came to a lawsuit that wouldn't be a discriminating factor. Simplicity would apply: was copyrighted material acquired or redistributed illegally? If yes, a crime was committed. Hosting and distributing copyrighted software without permission is illegal - it's still unlawful to redistribute copies of old copyrighted software and games, with or without compensation, in any Berne Convention signatory country.

Originally Posted by NegaStoat [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

No one on this planet can currently obtain a digital copy or original copy of the Everquest: Titanium edition of the game through Daybreak, the current holder of the copyright and franchise. The people who did purchase that edition of the game shall not have their right to a digital copy, protected by law, denied to them.

Which is why it isn't illegal for people who legally purchased it to download it off the internet. It's still illegal to torrent it off the internet, because torrenting means redistributing.

Originally Posted by NegaStoat [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You can spin it as something bad, but the courts take an extremely dim view on anything amounting to trust / monopolies of media in any form and the consumer's rights.

I'm not spinning it as anything, I'm simply stating the facts about copyright law. I don't agree with these laws - I want them to change, and I'm a proponent for the legality of torrenting digital media, especially in the case that it's no longer available on the market. Current copyright law doesn't make sense because in many cases in order to legally reacquire media that you've purchased, someone has to illegally make it available to you. This could be easily fixed in the case of discontinued/abandoned software by updating the DMCA.