Warlord wrote on 2022-11-27, 21:02:
sounds rediculous enough that no reasonable prosecuter would persue a case of a single end user like that who isn't sharing files, let alone impossible to be caught doing it to begin with. Laws like that are not intended to go after single end users, they are made to go after pirates, distrubuting and selling copyrighted software. Given the facts of that case, no jury would convict and you would never be caught in the 1st place anyways. Becasue you own the game anyways and havn't ditributed, no one can claim 'damages' and without damages you cannot bring or win a case like that, its how laws actually work.
No need for a prosecutor. Back when I was living in UK I remember there was time when many people using torrents on static IPs got letters listing what they were "uploading". Usually those letters contained at least 2 titles and an offer of "settlement out of court" for £2500~£5000. I heard that many people actually paid this money (especially those that were not computer savy and it was their teenage kid who was doing the torrenting). Then a slew of articles came out in press claiming this stuff is unenforceable in UK courts and letters stopped(as far as I know).
A slightly similar letter was being sent in Poland too in early 2000s, but it was actually coming from cable/broadband providers listing "your infringements" and telling you they'll cut you off if you continue. Again I never heard of anyone being cut off as a result(unless for downloading TB of stuff).
So there we go, law is one thing and practice another. I'm not up to date on all the laws, but my impression was that you can only be prosecuted by a public prosecutor only if you distribute cracked stuff commercially. You can get sued privately only if they can prove damagesn(andvin many countries the judge will throw a book at the claimant for wasting their time unless it is something BIG).
One thing I miss from the time when I was living in UK is thrift stores where you can buy pc games for £0.99. There is no such thing in PL (at least in my town).
