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Re:Rockstar is selling cracked game copies on Steam by baobabKoodaa on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @03:57PM (#37396954)
Both the original game and the no-cd crack are copyrighted works.
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Re:Rockstar is selling cracked game copies on Steam by parineum on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @07:18PM (#37399128)
Who owns the no-cd copyright?
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Re:Rockstar is selling cracked game copies on Steam by baobabKoodaa on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @07:58PM (#37399527)
Well, obviously the people who wrote it. They don't own the game, which they didn't make, but they own rights to the cracking code, which they did make.
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