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i see we're walking the fine line of crime here.....splitting hares! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/suspicion.gif" alt="" />
yes you are allowed to make a "backup" copy for yourself

So it's fully legal, to give the original to a friend, making it impossible for you to play, but allowing the friend to play.
[color:"orange"] I don't agree, you are the one that paid for those rights not your friend! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> [/color]

Using your copy instead is illegal again, although owning the copy is not (if you have the original also). [color:"orange"] using the copy yourself is not illegal, but "lending" it to a friend.....technically is illegal.
Yes i have lent games to my friends to check out.....and that means i can't play anyway.....cuz thay have my disk or disks,

well this for me is equal SNES(others too) roms, i get the game and i test it for 24 hours, after this i've decided if i'll buy it or not.

What I actually DON'T like, is, that in some countries it is allowed to SELL your "geistiges Eigentum" - your work.

It's like selling thoughts, for me.

And that is something I simply cannot understand.

Yep, Alrik, same here - hope my dictionary is correct: "geistiges Eigentum" = intellectual property - not identic with plagiarism.
Kiya

so if you steal or copy someone's intellectual idea(s)...
....your not held accountable??? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />
is that what you mean here?
time to update the copyright infringement laws...wouldn't you say?

infringement....An act that disregards an agreement or a right,
A crime less serious than a felony! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />

I've paid for the rights. So if I gave the game away then the other person is not entitled to play the game? That makes it virtually impossible to give the game as a present to someone.

And my line about using the copy being illegal was related to the previous one, where I alrealy gave the original game away. Using the copy is illegal then.

By european law it is no problem at all to lend the original to any friend. You bought it, so you can give it away. Important is only that no one makes an illegal copy which means only one person is allowed to play with your game at a time. Exception are some multiplayergames which allow spawned versions or make sharing possible but the game usually must stay with one owner. You are so far (the law is changing this month) allowed to make ONE backup copy of your software. But only for yourself.