The final discussion: Buy or Download?

[Kiyoshi]

My bad, worded it wrong

[myson12]

Torrents are not illegal. Just like FTP and other protocols are not illegal. However using those protocols to distribute copyrighted material without permission is illegal. And yes Halo is still copyrighted. In the US copyright can last either the life of the author plus 70 years or for a work for hire (e.g., those created by a corporation) then copyright persists for 120 years after creation or 95 years after publication, whichever is shorter. It's going to be awhile before Halo hits the public domain.

ugh

[Slapzy]

I emailed them a few months ago, and got the exact same email response. Word for word pretty much.

I wonder how much they'd sell keys for... might just call them up at some point.
Or just buy it for PC, and run it via bootcamp when I get my new computer.

[Sparky]

I emailed them a few months ago, and got the exact same email response. Word for word pretty much.

I wonder how much they'd sell keys for... might just call them up at some point.
Or just buy it for PC, and run it via bootcamp when I get my new computer.

Somehow, that still seems like cheating the system.

Also, Bungie might publicly release the source code at some point, like they did with Marathon. Would this be possible, given the copyright ownership?

[Altimit01]

More than likely not given Microsoft's involvement and ownership of the IP.