Iso

[dejkirkby]

I never said I was going to rat him out. I said I have a good mind to. Different things. Read the post before trying to judge okay. At the end of the day, the rules of the site are no iso talk, yet noob after noob after noob come with the same things "Help me with my iso's, help me with my iso's."
It takes 5 minutes to read the rules so they have no excuse. I'm sick of it. They wanna break the law, fine. Don't come onto a respectable site and ask for help.
And for all those with problems about the iso talk rules and the alleged hypocrisy, take it up with Wraggster or any of the other mods. Don't try and use me as the catalyst for your complaints.

[splodger15]

yet noob after noob after noob come with the same things "Help me with my iso's, help me with my iso's."
It takes 5 minutes to read the rules so they have no excuse. I'm sick of it. They wanna break the law, fine. Don't come onto a respectable site and ask for help.

Well said. I back your point completely

[S34MU5]

Why isnt this locked yet?
where is zion?

Oh yeh running Zionmax.com!
its much better!

[F9zDark]

ha this quickly got off topic...... btw its only if u own the rights to the game that u can rip, and distribute it and not if u own the game.

If you own it you can RIP it, you can't distribute it. Distributing someone else's copyrighted work without their permission is illegal, regardless if you own it or not. This is the most basic tenet of Copyright Law and the reason that ISO talk is banned on many forums is because ISO distribution is what is illegal, sites are just trying to save their ass.

Read any EULA and it plainly states that you are not allowed to distribute the game. Some, more recently, acknowledge a user's right to make a backup copy for archival purposes, but this is a fairly recent addition to most EULAs and its not all that widespread.

From Wikipedia regarding Copyright Law:

There are five basic rights protected by copyright, and they are sometimes called the five "pillars" of copyright. The owner of copyright has the exclusive right to do and to authorize others to do the following:

* To reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords;
* To prepare derivative works based upon the work;
* To distribute copies or phonorecords of the work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending;
* To publicly perform the work, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works;
* To publicly display the work, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion picture or other audiovisual work.

A violation of any of the exclusive rights of the copyright holder is said to be a copyright infringement.

I added the bold and underlines to show the points that coincide with my point above. Only the original author has the right to distribute his/her work and can give others permission to have such a right (a license). As is the case with software, we don't 'own' software, we are licensed to used it, but we are NEVER licensed to distribute it, that is copyright infringement and has yet to hold up in court; regardless if another person owns the same game you are not allowed to provide it to him/her or anyone else on the basis that "if they own it they can download it legally".

[gamerremag]

To distribute copies or phonorecords of the work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending;

oh, so if i download a game for a week if its old, or 3 days if its new its concidered as a rental, right?

jk

[Tetris999]

BLAH BLAH OOGABOOGA! no iso talk BLAAAAAAAH!

yeah no iso talk

[C0R3F1GHT3R]

lol cant backup stuff ie. dvds... wtf were dvds created for... so if a person wants to burn a copy of a dvd they bought in order to keep the original from getting f'd up they cant. I personally think its a big money scandal just so the pockets of the tech industry get bigger and bigger...

[JKKDARK]

Why isnt this locked yet?
where is zion?

Oh yeh running Zionmax.com!
its much better!

You have the same url in every post


What happens here?
You can make a backup of your own game and you cannot distribute it. But if you distribute your backup, then you are doing something illegal (and being a fcuking pirate).

[pibs]

F9 we can argue about this all day but i just really dont care about these things plus a source like wikipedia isnt credible since anyone can edit or reorganize their contents.plz some1 lock this thread already.....

[JKKDARK]

F9 we can argue about this all day but i just really dont care about these things plus a source like wikipedia isnt credible since anyone can edit or reorganize their contents.plz some1 lock this thread already.....

yeah but it will be edited again if it's wrong. believe me, i tried it