Retronauts Episode 195: Piracy (Patreon)
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This week's episode is a patron request that comes courtesy of Bobby Najari, and it's a pretty darned good topic: A loose and approximate history of software piracy. We discuss our own experiences with the grey market, the history of digital theft, the tricky preventative measures developers have employed to prevent it, and attempt to weigh the moral and ethical ramifications of piracy against the fact that much of game history would be lost forever if not for the fact that those games were copied by people working outside the bounds of the law.
Music this week is... from games about pirates. And thanks again to Bobby Najiri for the request! — Jeremy
Description: Chris Kohler joins Jeremy Parish and Bob Mackey to tackle the topic of piracy. It's not the same thing as emulation! But it's closely related? And it's bad! But it's important, good, and essential to game preservation!? There's a lot to unpack this week!