Piracy is not defined by your moral outlook on the situation, the CS:S beta is copyright Valve and to download it (from their servers or otherwise) without their permission is illegal. Whether or not illegal downloading "hardly hurts Valve" is for Valve to decide, as is who they want to have access to it. The Subscriber Agreement gives them the right to ban anyone they like from Steam in any case.
How can an "increase in anticipation" arise from more people already having the game anyway? And if it does make a sale more likely, does giving the game out for less money help Valve? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max S" <si3ila...@gmail.com> To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" <hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 7:11 PM Subject: Re: [hlds] COUNTER-STRIKE: SOURCE BETA > If it were a paid DLC and none of the public had access, then yes, it > would > be piracy. You can only play on Beta servers if you've purchased a license > of CS:S, thousands have already downloaded the client and posted videos > online, and legitimate copies of the game will be updated next week. No > core > gameplay elements have been changed/added, and an increase in anticipation > hardly hurts Valve (and increases the probability of a week(end) sale to > celebrate the update). > > On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 4:06 AM, ics <i...@ics-base.net> wrote: > >> Well it's like a copy of a game you do not own. Technically piracy, >> since it's unreleased. >> >> -ics _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
