Just curious after reading some of the replies in this thread, do you truly believe there are no situations where something like summitus is doing is acceptable?

Example: I borrowed my friend's hard drive with his GOG setup file backups to install Witcher 2 to make sure it worked on my computer before I paid $49.99 for it. I met all the listed requirements, but I wanted to double check and see exactly how well it would go. It didn't work due to the fact that I don't have a NTFS drive (which is a requirement that is NOT listed). Disappointed, I returned the drive to its owner and bought some different games instead.

Am I a filthy scum pirate?

FWIW, I'm sorry for my initial harsh comment, but it truly didn't occur to me that someone might think the world worked in that manner. If it did, no digital media would ever sell more than a single copy.

Well if you look back through the thread Wishbone , you will indeed see that I have seen the error of my ways and am doing pennance as we speak ... if anyone can think of a suitable punishment for I will take it like a man ! :)

Oh an I/we didn't actually do it in the end anyway ;)

and I'm not stupid either ( ok maybe somtimes after too much grog )

Yeah, the policy, to which we all agreed as customers, is that it's for your household. Kind of a loose term but I think it's safe to say it applies to whatever PCs you own, be they desktops or laptops, and that those titles may be played freely by family and guests while they are using your "household" PCs. And that should extend to taking one's laptop to another person's house. Hell, if that isn't the case then I'd be screwed for playing games at a hotel.

It's a bit iffier if your friend were to visit you at your house and decide to show you the game, using his own account to DL and install it on your PC. At the very least, he'd have to uninstall it as soon as you two were finished checking it out. Personally, I wouldn't find this use as being sneaky or anything like that, since your friend would basically be giving you a demo of the software, and you wouldn't be using two installations of the software at the same time.

The thing is, and this applies to just about any sort of unauthorized use that breaks the agreement, the agreement does not, and really can not, differentiate between theft and good intentions. While you may have every intention of trying it out for a couple hours and buying if you like it (and uninstalling if you don't), they have no way of knowing that you'll follow through with the intention. Obviously, the GOGs are DRM-free so it's really a "gentlemen's agreement", with the buyer hopefully upholding their end of the deal.

Technically you and your friend have broken the agreement with GOG. I understand why you did it that way but again, they have no idea if you're stealing or simply demoing. The ideal situation would be either checking it out at your friend's house, or he brings it your place on a laptop. However you do it, "borrowing" the installation executable breaks the agreement.

Just to make clear , I didn't actually do it in the end ;)

In "all right" world, you should buy a game and then if something is not listed in requirements you should be able to return it to the shop and get refund.
Or just wait for a demo.

Oh I know, this is something I did myself. Curious whether or not people are going to blast me for it.

Well I got , ... called Stupid , Troll , Twat and errr young ? within an hour see if you can do better ! lol

I did the same thing as this guy (well, not the EXACT same). No way was I going to spend $30 (price I ended up buying it at) for something that may not work on my rather old computer. I ended up buying it after testing to see how the cutscenes and gameplay looked and determined that it ran well enough.

Perfectly fine so long as you end up paying (assuming it works on your computer/and you didn't quit out of boredom in half a hour)