EPTI see nothing wrong with this.
The problem arises when you do have the money for both game X and Y and you pirate one or both. That is piracy.
Piracy is it theft? A deeper look - Page 4
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Thorakh
Netherlands1788 Posts
I see nothing wrong with this. The problem arises when you do have the money for both game X and Y and you pirate one or both. That is piracy. | ||
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gosublade
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Rossweazel
United Kingdom135 Posts
Please stop stealing the things I make. As endearing as I find your semantic gymnastics to inform me that I am not losing anything, and the wonderful way i am told I should be grateful for the free exposure that piracy gives me, I would much rather pass up both opportunities and simply say: Please stop stealing from me. Thanks. | ||
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shikheh
136 Posts
On June 23 2011 21:52 Thorakh wrote: If I have no money for buying both game X and Y. I pirate game X and buy game Y. The company that made game X does not lose any money, nor do they lose potential profit since I wouldn't buy game X anyway. I see nothing wrong with this. The problem arises when you do have the money for both game X and Y and you pirate one or both. That is piracy. Sure the company may not lose any profit or whatever...but you are still using a product that is not yours and have not paid for the access or permission to use it. Also, have you thought about the money they spent to make that product? | ||
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Slaytilost
Netherlands968 Posts
On June 23 2011 21:55 Rossweazel wrote: As someone who makes computer games for a living ( you know, to eat and have a place to live and so on ). Please stop stealing the things I make. As endearing as I find your semantic gymnastics to inform me that I am not losing anything, and the wonderful way i am told I should be grateful for the free exposure that piracy gives me, I would much rather pass up both opportunities and simply say: Please stop stealing from me. Thanks. Quoted for truth! | ||
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Tarot
Canada440 Posts
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Thorakh
Netherlands1788 Posts
On June 23 2011 21:55 shikheh wrote: If the company does not lose any form of profit, be it potential or real, no one is harmed when I pirate game X. No one loses anything and I gain something. Nothing wrong with that.Sure the company may not lose any profit or whatever...but you are still using a product that is not yours and have not paid for the access or permission to use it. Also, have you thought about the money they spent to make that product? Digital data is umlimited. The company does not suddenly have 1 copy of game X less. But as I said, if you would have bought the game if you wouldn't have pirated it, then you're committing a crime. | ||
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Slaytilost
Netherlands968 Posts
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bonifaceviii
Canada2890 Posts
It's counterfeiting. Two different things. | ||
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Deleted User 101379
4849 Posts
On June 23 2011 21:52 Thorakh wrote: If I have no money for buying both game X and Y. I pirate game X and buy game Y. The company that made game X does not lose any money, nor do they lose potential profit since I wouldn't buy game X anyway. I see nothing wrong with this. The problem arises when you do have the money for both game X and Y and you pirate one or both. That is piracy. What about buying game Y, wait until you have the money to buy game X or game X gets cheaper and then buy game X? Not having the money is no excuse for downloading games. If you don't have the money to buy it, why do you _have to_ get the game _now_? Why not wait until next month and buy it then? | ||
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Tristan
Canada566 Posts
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Dariusz
Poland657 Posts
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Flazer
Canada7 Posts
Its a funny topic to look at, some gaming companies now apply bonus map packs/ add-ons to download for money for their video games, which prevents piracy a bit, however it hurts the valued honest customer who doesn't pirate anything at all, making them all mad, etc etc. If you support a game/ company/ people/ organization/ etc, spend money to buy their product to show your true support for them to further their goals and objectives. | ||
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Tristan
Canada566 Posts
On June 23 2011 22:07 Dariusz wrote: Everyone who is saying that piracy is not stealing has never ever tried to make and sell a game. Don't argue about this topic with random teenagers on internet. Just don't. Ok so lets be pragmatic. So it is theft, what are you going to do? Make more and more copy protection that pisses off your customer base and makes your software more annoying to use? Hope that the entire world all decides to gain a conscience all at once and all of a sudden start buying what is free? What is it you are suggesting here besides wagging your finger at people? What we need to do is face up that intellectual property beams precisely null in a world where something like the internet exists and move on. What does that mean for the little game developers that could? Let me direct you to the XBox arcade and Steam. | ||
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Eatme
Switzerland3919 Posts
Like you buy a game in the NFS-series and think yay, lets drive some cool cars on cool roads. Well you cant. First you have to spend about 24hours of gametime to do some broken annoying careermode with catchup before you can start playing the game. I honestly think bad games are hurting the industry more than pirates. Just look att the sucess of minecraft. | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
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