All games are technically licensed or something like that. I can’t remember precisely how, but software is licensed and pirating is considered “breach of contract”, not stealing. You shouldn’t take my word for it because idk what I’m talking about. All I know is rich people hate it, so fuck’em!!
Pirating is copyright infringement. In other words, you infringed on the rights of the copyright owner to dictate how their “copy” is used. In this case, the term “copy” is being used as in “collection of writing”, not the common colloquial synonym for “duplicate” - copyright was invented before video games, after all ;)
All games are technically licensed or something like that. I can’t remember precisely how, but software is licensed and pirating is considered “breach of contract”, not stealing. You shouldn’t take my word for it because idk what I’m talking about. All I know is rich people hate it, so fuck’em!!
Pirating is copyright infringement. In other words, you infringed on the rights of the copyright owner to dictate how their “copy” is used. In this case, the term “copy” is being used as in “collection of writing”, not the common colloquial synonym for “duplicate” - copyright was invented before video games, after all ;)
So in other words: no it’s never been theft