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by sonnhy 835 days ago
I think the difference between copying 1:1 game and re-creating the game is what can be the discriminator. If you get a game, raw data, and copy bit per bit you're pirating, while if someone re-creates a whole game fro scratch it's a different story.

I would argue that re-creating from scratch is more legal than a straight copy of the original data.

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> I would argue that re-creating from scratch is more legal than a straight copy of the original data.

Maybe it should be, but it isn't. From-scratch fan remakes get shut down on copyright grounds all the time.