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Supporting the Rules (pawb.social)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://pawb.social/post/7233504

Supporting the Rules

alt text: "the state of the animation industry"

"you're pirating that show? don't you wanna support the creators?" "I AM the creator."

"haha the only way I can show future employers my work is to send a link to a bunch of pirated copies of it haha what a nightmare haha"

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[–] [email protected] 95 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Didn't Nintendo get caught selling pirated copies of their old NES games?

[–] [email protected] 46 points 8 months ago

Yes. On a number of occasions.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Rockstar was doing a similar thing I believe

[–] [email protected] 38 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah one of the GTA games on steam was a cracked copy

Edit: my bad. Manhunt, Midnight Club 2 and Max Payne 2.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I thought that was myth busted.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

NES mini was sold with pirated games in format developed by pirates