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I am curious about something that came to my mind recently and that is, in China is it possible to pirate and how?

About China I only know about the firewall and little else, so before I say something idiotic or something that sounds very ignorant, I'd rather you enlighten me.

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[-] CorrodedCranium@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Here is a Kotaku article titled Bootleggers Explain Why There's So Much Video Game Piracy in China. It is from 2013 and I think there has been a size amount of legislation changes but it sounds like the grey market for video games was thriving thanks to console mods.

I could still see it existing today considering you do occasionally see someone selling drives full of pirated games. It might be a more local sneakernet style of system.

Good question though. I love hearing and learning about how piracy works in other countries.

[-] Xirup@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 years ago

A good read no doubt, it really makes it clear why piracy is and was often a necessity, not only for those who can't afford to pay for something, but also those who live in an authoritarian regime. I wonder how Lin and Yu would have fared after the ban was lifted.

[-] Bipta@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Calling it a necessity seems a bit much.

[-] Aatube@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Nay, it was absolutely a necessity if you wanted to play console games outside of the iQue library.

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