Okay, so for anyone who hasn't read my post about it, I had my PSP stolen almost two weeks ago, along with my memory stick and BBS game since they were inside.
However, because of some very nice people on craigslist, I am getting a replacement PSP from someone for nearly dirt cheap ($90, $130 @ GS), but at least not for a while since I am unemployed will I be able to replace BBS or my memory stick. I actually rented some stuff to my parents with the intent of returning the money to get my stuff back, but didn't have enough stuff to be able to replace the extras.
So, I've never actually considered this until now, and depending on how this conversation/debate actually goes will make my mind up, BUT my question to you guys, in simplest form, is what makes Piracy what it is?
How morally correct would I be if I were to follow instructions from someone on the vast internet and hacked my PSP so I could download BBS from some site and play it off the memory stick until I can afford to replace it?
Realizing how easy it would be to continue pirating, would I still be completely wrong to go about doing this as long as I re-bought the game (or actually manage to get mine back) when I could and did not pirate any other games, reverting the PSP back to official firmware once I have the UMD for BBS again?
Please guys, no flaming or hating or anything like that, as I want honest discussion (and mods, if you see it turning into that, please feel free to lock it up tight). Also, don't bring laws into this discussion, because I know the law is the law, and that technically doing this is illegal, but we all know that some laws are flawed, and sometimes backfire (like the no search without a warrant thing, the only thing preventing me from getting it back). I just want a moral standing point on it.
Personally, given the circumstances, I believe it is perfectly moral to do this, as long as I stick to the plan of buying it once I have the money for it. I do not believe this to be the case for everything, just because of the circumstances of the game having been owned but stolen, since if it was not stolen, it would still be owned.
Okay, so for anyone who hasn't read my post about it, I had my PSP stolen almost two weeks ago, along with my memory stick and BBS game since they were inside.
However, because of some very nice people on craigslist, I am getting a replacement PSP from someone for nearly dirt cheap ($90, $130 @ GS), but at least not for a while since I am unemployed will I be able to replace BBS or my memory stick. I actually rented some stuff to my parents with the intent of returning the money to get my stuff back, but didn't have enough stuff to be able to replace the extras.
So, I've never actually considered this until now, and depending on how this conversation/debate actually goes will make my mind up, BUT my question to you guys, in simplest form, is what makes Piracy what it is?
How morally correct would I be if I were to follow instructions from someone on the vast internet and hacked my PSP so I could download BBS from some site and play it off the memory stick until I can afford to replace it?
Realizing how easy it would be to continue pirating, would I still be completely wrong to go about doing this as long as I re-bought the game (or actually manage to get mine back) when I could and did not pirate any other games, reverting the PSP back to official firmware once I have the UMD for BBS again?
Please guys, no flaming or hating or anything like that, as I want honest discussion (and mods, if you see it turning into that, please feel free to lock it up tight). Also, don't bring laws into this discussion, because I know the law is the law, and that technically doing this is illegal, but we all know that some laws are flawed, and sometimes backfire (like the no search without a warrant thing, the only thing preventing me from getting it back). I just want a moral standing point on it.
Personally, given the circumstances, I believe it is perfectly moral to do this, as long as I stick to the plan of buying it once I have the money for it. I do not believe this to be the case for everything, just because of the circumstances of the game having been owned but stolen, since if it was not stolen, it would still be owned.