Recent content by mcbond

In what way are demos not easily accessible now? If you have broadband it's just as simple as downloading the file. If you have dial up, you do have a problem, but it's not really the fault of the game publisher or seller. It's more just a technical limitation of your own connection. I think...

I'm not sure to know mean by that.

My argument was never about the reduction of value or elimination of value (read the original comment.) It was about doing something you don't have a right to do. Something the owner of the property expressly forbids you to do. It was YOU who said: So I was just making the point that the...

I'm going to violate the debater/debatee agreement and put this to bed for the evening. But I will be back...oh, sweet lord, I will be back. And please don't point out that debatee is not a word -- I see the red line, I'm just too tired to care.

Well, if we're talking hardcover, they promote it mostly in the inner jacket...have to open it to read that, right? They must realize it would be a waste of resources to talk up a book someone has already bought. If they put all those rave reviews in there I'm guessing they're hoping you open...

But don't you have a sort of passive permission to leaf through a book in a bookstore? Actually, they downright encourage it, by providing chairs and sofas and overpriced coffee. The bookstore and publishers are hoping you browse through the books, clearly. They don't put the books in sealed...

I thought I understood where you were going, but you'll have to elaborate. The analogy doesn't seem to hold up.

Absolutely terrific article -- lays out the fallacy behind various piracy rationalizations in a very clear, logical way. I do disagree on one point, however. Here's my attempt at a counter-argument: Just don't buy OR pirate the game if you're worried about it. You don't get to make up the...