The question you're asking is not if this is piracy, because it is. You are downloading a game for free instead of buying it, and therefore it's piracy.Zyst said:Salute Escapists!
Anyhow, I'll get straight to the point. I own and bought Skyrim and all its DLC (steam owned) however some mods have slight issues with Steam support and overall I didn't want to go through the headache of fixing that so I downloaded through torrent the game and the DLC I owned which is all of it. Then I happily installed the stuff I desired and it all works perfectly.
However, is this pirating? I do own the game itself so to say but you might also argue I only own a license available through steam and not the game per-se.
What are your thoughts on this particular kind of 'piracy'? This might also apply to, for example owning your old Majora's Mask and Ocarina of Time cartridge but not owning a N64 anymore, so you DL a ROM. Is that pirating? You still own and have the cartridge. Where does one draw the line?
Thanks for all and any input!
The real question you want to ask is if it's right or not, and in this case, I'd say you're in the right. You bought the game already, and you're just using the downloaded version because it works better.