Hypothetical question

tres · 18 Jan 2013 at 14:29

If I legally own a copy of the game & key via Steam, but can't use Steam to download the game, is it legal to use a P2P network to download it?

tres · 18 Jan 2013 at 16:01

The situation is...

I have the games on Steam, but uni network has blocked all Steam - online gaming, and even just downloading for single player.

tres · 19 Jan 2013 at 16:07

edscdk said:
revise and read instead of wasting time playing games at uni?

Just finished 3 exams. This weekend I have absolutely nothing to do but catch up on sleep, movies and games. No new topics until Monday. So, if it's alright with you, I thought I'd play something for the first time since September.

Reedy said:
VPN?

Already connect to the uni network via VPN. Don't think I can connect to a different VPN through a VPN.

tres · 19 Jan 2013 at 16:28

Ooh interesting.. I'll try.

Apparently it's not a bandwidth issue, it's a "security" issue. And not particularly Steam, but rather any non-standard port.
Usenet works very well here! And I found the useful put.io, which converts torrent to http..