[llasram]

Say you somehow have advance knowledge of the burning of the Library of Alexandria. Is it legal to steal as many books as you can from the Library prior? Of course not. Is this the only way to save unique volumes from irrevocable destruction when you have no way to convince the librarians of its imminent fate, or even to contact them at all? Yes.

[JasonFruit]

And then return them to the owner once the emergency is over? Yes. I don't see that happening here. What you describe is an emergency response; what's happening here looks like looting.

(Edit: soften what could be read as an outright accusation.)

[mcphage]

> And then return them to the owner once the emergency is over? Yes. I don't see that happening here.

The emergency is very far from over, they’ve only just begun the salvaging operation.

[JasonFruit]

To clarify, I should have said, "I don't foresee that happening here." I predict, based on the attitudes the article expressed, that the writer has little interest in the owners of these games, and even less interest in their rights.