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Alright, I already bought minecraft a long time ago, paid my money, etc. I'm not unsure about whether or not this piracy, but I'm not sure about what the cyber-police or whatever will think.

Basically: I've been trying for the last few days to install some mods to my minecraft folder, and after exhausting every alternative I've decided to just copy the minecraft file of a friend of mine who already has the mods, and drop them into my computer. I'm not taking minecraft itself, just the mods.

Is this okay to do?

If you bought the game, it is fine. It is techically not disribution becuase you already have it.

I don't see why it would. If you already purchased the game, then you're not stealing it by copying mods from a friend.

Should be, as long as you own the game and don't publicly distribute it.

If you already own the game, I don't think it would be considered piracy.

You shouldn't have anything to worry about.

agreed you are not pirating as in downloading illegally

Aight, thanks. Wish me luck.

you have nothing to worry about my friend and siblings do that to me all the time

No you'll be fine as long as you don't distribute it.

Not sure legally but morally sounds good, and that is what matters for things like this.

This is legit, so no worries. However, I wouldn't try this with anything by EA or such, as the big companies like to step all over your fair use clauses. (Say sharing all of Madden NFL 2011 or such just to make sure a friend and you have the same stats and custom teams.) You may win in the end, or not, but it isn't worth the headache.