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'Copyright' is the acknowledgement that the software's creators get to decide how their intellectual property (the game) is used.
That means that it's a breach of copyright to distribute the software yourself, or to try to disassemble it into components, and such. 'Buying' a game does not mean you own the code, you are simply licensed to use it as intended.
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∙ 7y agoIf something is copyrighted, it means that someone else created it and owns the rights to it. They may have registered it with the government, which gives extra protections, but something is considered copyrighted as soon as it is produced. What that means in terms of computer software is that if you didn't legally purchase the program or game, and you use it, you are using it illegally.
If you copy a program that someone else bought, you are in effect stealing from the people who produced it. That means, since you already have a copy you made from a friend's copy or downloaded using filesharing software, you will not go to the store and buy a copy. Obviously, if only one person bought the program and everyone else copied from them, then the company cannot stay in business off of just selling only one copy.
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