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[Discussion] Have you ever pirated something because you forgot you own it?

I wanted to try out Serato Sample’s new stem separation tool added in 2.0 so I downloaded a crack to see if it was worthwhile.

Only now a week later do I remember I purchased the old version on sale and think to check if it’s a free upgrade.

Now I can’t decide if I want to bother uninstalling and installing my legitimate copy

KpochMX ,

i often pirate movies from a streaming services that im subscribed why? well im used to watch movies at 1.10x speed and tvshows at 1.15x i’d been doing this for years now and i cant go back and netflix or primevideo apps in Smart TV dont allow you to set custom speed so i download the movie on my nas and watch it using VLC for android TV/FIRETV better quality and custom speed.

this is in my bedroom on PC i cant set custom speed using browser

Nyarlathotep ,

I once pirated a book I wrote because it was faster to download a pirate PDF than to find my original files and export a PDF myself.

It still counted as piracy because the book was owned by a company I used to own.

can OP ,

The most moral piracy possible.

YoorWeb ,

I’ve downloaded a car. Now I have 2 car.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/0f8bd792-40d6-4fce-95a0-aba2692db8ff.webm

Exulion ,

I thought I had cyberpunk on steam, couldn’t find it so figured I must have pirated it when it launched. I downloaded it and was about to install it when a friend reminded me that gog existed and that was where I owned it.

feedum_sneedson ,

Yes, because I lost the original version.

stown ,
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I pirate things knowing that I own them… All my old TurboGraphx HuCard roms. I would rather play on modern hardware.

Moonrise2473 ,

Basically everything on prime video because I can’t stand the lag on the official app

vaselined ,

Same. Since they don’t support Linux. (Only low quality playback on Linux)

SlimeKnight ,

I pirated a game because my parents had a party at our house and I didn’t want to deal with people while getting the game from the living room.

For the curious, LoZ:Twilight Princess.

phar ,

I have pirated games I own because the game was downstairs and I didn’t feel like going down there.

can OP ,

I love this

theskyisfalling ,

How is Serato these days? I moved to Traktor around 5 years ago but have recently been looking to change controllers and not sure if I should stick with Traktor or try moving back.

can OP , (edited )

I just use the sampler as a VST in my daw for some inspiration.

Edit: now that I look they actually have a pretty generous 30 day trial for Sample 2.0 even if you’ve trialed an older version before. I’m so used to 3 day trials with something like iLok tacked on too.

jagoan ,

Downloaded Control from Fitgirl, but turns out I already have it on Epic.

derpgon ,

At least when you pirate it you have chance of it not containing malware.

FlavoredButtHair ,
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I trust FitGirl. But does Epic Game Store have malware? All of my purchased games are on Steam.

McBain ,

Not what you asked, but I pirated a software because it could only run on one machine. For my second computer they wanted me to buy another license… Unacceptable.

kawa ,
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GTA: SA. I have a DVD for the official PC version, it’s the one with all the music still intact. I often re-download it on TPB and then remember that I made an ISO of my good ol’ DVD version ^^

Alborlin ,

I pirated the game for my Wii unbecaaise even when I bought second Blu-ray/dvd whatever for the game , it won’t run and I get errors about it

Jakdracula ,
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“Unbecause”. I like that. I’ll be using that.

MachineFab812 ,

I pirate things I have right in front of me!! Scratched DVD’s that won’t rip, same for CD’s, and sometimes old digital formats that are no longer well supported, or in the case of eBooks, don’t re-flow properly. Yes, some of us are still doing weird shit we got used to on Blackberries and Palm Pilots(These days I use Sprint Reader, but I’ll also read the material normally when studying for a test).

Some shows or movies I pay to stream don’t work well on whatever device I’ve opted to play them on. Knowing why doesn’t magically give me the means to transcode as needed without screen capture; Piracy skips the steps of watching them on a device I didn’t mean to just to edit/trim and then have them in a format I no longer need!

tvbusy ,

I pirate because it’s more convenient. No launcher, no update, no DRM, no need to be always online. I still purchase games but still play the pirated version.

Bongles ,

I bought a physical book, but I like reading from my Kindle better so I pirated a copy of it as well.

quinacridone ,

I quite often do this for art books, I find it easier on my eyes reading text on the pirate ebook version (I can make the font as big as I need), but use the hardcopy for eyeing up the pictures

Bongles ,

I bought a physical book, but I like reading from my Kindle better so I pirated a copy of it as well.

highenergyphysics ,

I’ve been pirating for years and am literally just now learning about exactly how bad the launcher apocalypse has gotten. Didn’t even know you needed one for legit Ubisoft games lmao.

And nothing of value was lost.

eco_game ,

I don’t know if this works for all Ubisoft games, but for Rayman Legends there is a dll that will circumvent the stupid Uplay Launcher and just make it launch normally (see steamcommunity.com/app/…/3647273545686004759/ , comment by murla)

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