11th May 2004, 7:27 AM
Outlawed it? Stealing stuff was already illegal ya know. Sampling before you buy is fine, if you do it through legal channels. Play a friend's game with permission for instance to see if you like it. However, don't steal someone's game to decide if you like it.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)