Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc

Re:Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc by surgical_fire on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @10:19AM (#49169385)

Pitacy is back in the menu for me.

That "if buying is not owning then piracy is not stealing" sounds corny and is legally void, but hell if morally it is not justifiable at this point.

When I want to support the creator I go and "buy" the thing, but I also go and pirate anyway.

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Re:Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc by kskdkwkdjw on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @10:29AM (#49169522)

> That "if buying is not owning then piracy is not stealing" sounds corny and is legally void, but hell if morally it is not justifiable at this point.

A law isn’t by default just, so when it turns from a safeguard into a manacle it is only logical, fair and correct that we rebel against it.

If buying does not imply ownership, then piracy cannot mean theft.

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Re:Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc by zuzululu on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @11:37AM (#49170473)

for me these games are too large to pirate

i went back to recomps and emulation

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