no cd program

I'm sure it's not illegal [in the UK] to bypass copy protection unless you're doing it to supply an illegal copy of the disk to someone. You got any references to that? (genuine interest btw). As far as I was aware, the laws about game "cracks" are only that you can't distribute them because they contain copyright'ed code (as they're modified versions of the original games .exe's, etc)..?
 
A lot of new games detect emulation software like alcohol and daemon tools and refuse to start until it's disabled.
 
wez130 said:
A lot of new games detect emulation software like alcohol and daemon tools and refuse to start until it's disabled.
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There is also something which hides Alcohol 120% and Daemon tools,
 
furnace said:
I'm sure it's not illegal [in the UK] to bypass copy protection unless you're doing it to supply an illegal copy of the disk to someone. You got any references to that? (genuine interest btw). As far as I was aware, the laws about game "cracks" are only that you can't distribute them because they contain copyright'ed code (as they're modified versions of the original games .exe's, etc)..?
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seems from this site you are correct as long as it is for personal use.

Acts that are allowed
Fair dealing is a term used to describe acts which are permitted to a certain degree without infringing the work, these acts are:

Private and research study purposes.
Performance, copies or lending for educational purposes.
Criticism and news reporting.
Incidental inclusion.
Copies and lending by librarians.
Acts for the purposes of royal commissions, statutory enquiries, judicial proceedings and parliamentary purposes.
Recording of broadcasts for the purposes of listening to or viewing at a more convenient time, this is known as time shifting.
Producing a back up copy for personal use of a computer program.
Playing sound recording for a non profit making organisation, club or society.
(Profit making organisations and individuals should obtain a license from the Performing Rights Society.)


http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p01_uk_copyright_law

I'm quite confused by it though as in the restricted acts it has:

Restricted acts
It is an offence to perform any of the following acts without the consent of the owner:

Copy the work.

Rent, lend or issue copies of the work to the public.

Perform, broadcast or show the work in public.

Adapt the work.

Now i dunno if making an image of a cd is actually copying it or adapting it in some way?
But i think using a no-cd crack would be illegal, making an image to boot off the drive isn't in my opinon. Personally i would use Alcohol 120%.
 
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rip iso using dvd decorder and mount on virtual disk in daemon tools....is that not illegal if you already own the copy of the disk's iso you ripped and only use it your personal use then?
 
-Nick- said:
rip iso using dvd decorder and mount on virtual disk in daemon tools....is that not illegal if you already own the copy of the disk's iso you ripped and only use it your personal use then?
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In my opinon that would be totally fine, need someone to clear this up really. Although no one is going to know you've done it unless you share it.
 
I use Alcohol 120% to my legal ISOs of my games, and stor them on Hard Drive (I have a 500GB for this purpose alone)

Of course the advantage with this way as well is you might obtain ISOs of other games (but I do not endorse piracy! ;) )
 
i do this with my older games that disks are a lil scraped/don't have a case, so i don't see why it wouldn't be legal, i keep it for personal use and don't lend out or sell copies
 
-Nick- said:
i do this with my older games that disks are a lil scraped/don't have a case, so i don't see why it wouldn't be legal, i keep it for personal use and don't lend out or sell copies
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You are circumventing a copy protection system to allow you to play without the original disk in the drive. That makes it illegal.
 
Mattey1 said:
Copy the work.
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Now i dunno if making an image of a cd is actually copying it or adapting it in some way?
But i think using a no-cd crack would be illegal, making an image to boot off the drive isn't in my opinon. Personally i would use Alcohol 120%.
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Copy the work means claiming it as your own. Owning two copies of the CD is legal assuming you do have the licence to use it and you do not use it in ways that are not permitted in the license e.g. Installing it on two different machines/selling it as a copy without permission.

You have the licence to use the software so using a No CD crack is not illegal.
 
joemorris86 said:
About a year ago someone linked me a legal program which would allow me to play games without the cd, does anyone know the name of the program which does that?
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somthing.com
 
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Memphis said:
You are circumventing a copy protection system to allow you to play without the original disk in the drive. That makes it illegal.
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Does the legality of it really matter though, people are just going to do it anyway and no one is going to prosecute you if you own the disc.
 
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