Post by dogpolygonrt66 on Sept 15, 2017 18:50:50 GMT
If a program is a discontinued program and is essential for use in finding a lost game or other software, am I allowed to share a torrent link for it? If the company no longer sells or supports it? Example: Adobe Director for Shockwave games.
For things like that, I'd feel better if you didn't directly link to them - not even because of the "illegal" content, but because these days most public torrent sites are swarming with ads, viruses, and copyright agents who rat you out to your ISP. Just mention where the software can be found if it's relevant to a search.
For things like that, I'd feel better if you didn't directly link to them - not even because of the "illegal" content, but because these days most public torrent sites are swarming with ads, viruses, and copyright agents who rat you out to your ISP. Just mention where the software can be found if it's relevant to a search.
I mean that it would be paid software unattainable today due to discontinuation, lack of industry interest, and the only place you could find it (maybe) would be ebay at an exuberant price. In this case, the only site that'd work is a torrent. If no direct links are allowed, what about magnet links?
The only trustworthy copy I could find is on the pirate bay, for my example of Adobe Director. It was used to program 3d shockwave flash games and regular flash games. There is still missing content for the program due to it's age and the fact that it has been discontinued for 3 years or more. The pirate bay doesn't seem to have any malware ads, but I'd just tell people to be safe by using ublock origin with all of the filters enabled, popup blocker addons, etc.
There might be people who could still have the program.
Not for Adobe Director or programs of it's like - it requires a serial code for the program, and a keygen must be provided to crack it. That's how DRM works, even when a program is dead.