It wasn’t actually piracy, so much as ripping off customers.
What they were selling was copies of the shareware demo version of doom, which was supposed to be free. When id found out, they sold them empty boxes to put the shareware in and keep selling it.
If people bought the demo and liked the game, they would buy the full version from id by mail order.
It wasn’t actually piracy, so much as ripping off customers.
What they were selling was copies of the shareware demo version of doom, which was supposed to be free. When id found out, they sold them empty boxes to put the shareware in and keep selling it.
If people bought the demo and liked the game, they would buy the full version from id by mail order.
Kinda shady tbh.