Is it still unethical?

Okay, here`s the thing. I want to play "Star Wars: Jedi Academy"... But how do I get it? None of the retailers I`ve been to have it, since it`s so old. None of the online stores I search have it. Ebay, you say? Well, I live in Norway and none of the auctions for the game ship to Norway. So, here`s my question, how can they expect me not to download it illegaly when it`s impossible for me to buy a real copy?

Thanks

Okay, here`s the thing. I want to play "Star Wars: Jedi Academy"... But how do I get it? None of the retailers I`ve been to have it, since it`s so old. None of the online stores I search have it. Ebay, you say? Well, I live in Norway and none of the auctions for the game ship to Norway. So, here`s my question, how can they expect me not to download it illegaly when it`s impossible for me to buy a real copy?

Thanks

Aashammer

Download the game but throw some money out the window while doing it, that should even things out.

You could grab a copy from England (the top one, from Play_UK) - it costs £12 which, according to a quick conversion online, seems to be about 146kr, plus whatever delivery costs.

That's a pre-owned copy, but the seller (a respected UK retailer) sells to the whole of Europe.

Personally, I don't think it's unethical to download a game you do not have the means to purchase, since the copyright owners and middlemen have no profit to lose, since you weren't going to by it anyway - effectively making the notion of copyright moot. But I think you should take every available step before getting to that stage.

Why are you asking us for justification. .............................. MroyalT

Charming.

As for your question OP, yes it is unethical, because even though you still can't get it legally, you are still pirating.

Okay, here`s the thing. I want to play "Star Wars: Jedi Academy"... But how do I get it? None of the retailers I`ve been to have it, since it`s so old. None of the online stores I search have it. Ebay, you say? Well, I live in Norway and none of the auctions for the game ship to Norway. So, here`s my question, how can they expect me not to download it illegaly when it`s impossible for me to buy a real copy?Aashammer

It might be better just to ask people how you buy it. If you can't obtain it legally, it's pretty much irrelevent to the publisher.

unethical? no

illegal? maybe, though there is so much grey area and "maybe, sort of, and idunno" answers to downloading things that its weird.

I say go ahead and download. Technical you wont be depriving anyone of money since, like you said, its not in stores anymore.

I have a slight similar problem with COD4 from steam. They fail to give me the english language version, even after i contacted the support who told me to "set language in steam probs to english" for 2 weeks now. While I did that in the first 2 minutes after I purchased and still they don't seem to understand anything. Now should I buy it again? Directly buy the UK import? Wait another week for it to ship, while my reason for Steam was just to have it right away? Disappointing to see how much the industry fails to sell you things, while privatly owned networks *caugh* torrents *caugh* flush the goodness in your house for free. Just imagin how good it _could_ be, but it doesn't seem like they are trying very hard to get their stuff to the people easy. Torrent ftw?igl

I believe I've heard that downloading software off of a torrent site that you've already paid for is legal, because you've effectively bought the rights to own that game, not just that copy. That's just what I've heard, I don't know if that's true.