I have mixed feelings about this. I do it but on things that are old enough to not matter (5 year old movies that have all their good revenue already) or shows that don't get aired in my region. However, I do like to buy things since it encourages certain things like artists and games.
Poll: Pirating
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I hate piracy so much. Stealing from other people is just plain wrong. It doesn't matter if other people are still paying for the product. It doesn't matter how easy it is to pirate something without getting caught. None of this justifies the act of piracy even remotely. I very rarely see good justification for any form of piracy.
So yeah, as you probably guessed I don't pirate anything. Even thinking about doing so makes me feel incredibly selfish, and I hate that feeling. I'm actually surprised and somewhat appalled by the number of people who have no problem with piracy.
So yeah, as you probably guessed I don't pirate anything. Even thinking about doing so makes me feel incredibly selfish, and I hate that feeling. I'm actually surprised and somewhat appalled by the number of people who have no problem with piracy.
No. It IS black and white. You are taking something without paying for it. Speaking as someone who owns and has owned intellectual property, I can tell you that any warm fuzzy feeling I may get from people wanting to read it/see it is MORE than offset by the notion that those same people feel I'm not entitled to any compensation for my work or their entertainment.ZerOmega said:
They can all go rot in a hole as far as I'm concerned.
Piracy is mostly wrong, but it shades towards gray quite a bit.
Imagine you buy a PC game, but it doesn't work on your PC. You can't take it back, even though what you're really buying (the right to play the game) is effectively broken. There's no demo, so the only way to know that it'll work is to pirate it before you buy. So, it's reasonable to test out a game this way, but if you're playing more than a couple hours, then I'd count it as less testing and more stealing.
The only other time piracy can be alright is when you use it to get something that is otherwise unavailable. The door on this is closing these days, though, as companies realize that all that dusty junk they've been sitting on is actually heaped treasure ready for mining. X-Com isn't unavailable anymore, neither is Might and Magic or Duke Nukem. There's little reason to pirate because of unavailability, especially the more popular titles. Star Wars: Rebellion, on the other hand...
Imagine you buy a PC game, but it doesn't work on your PC. You can't take it back, even though what you're really buying (the right to play the game) is effectively broken. There's no demo, so the only way to know that it'll work is to pirate it before you buy. So, it's reasonable to test out a game this way, but if you're playing more than a couple hours, then I'd count it as less testing and more stealing.
The only other time piracy can be alright is when you use it to get something that is otherwise unavailable. The door on this is closing these days, though, as companies realize that all that dusty junk they've been sitting on is actually heaped treasure ready for mining. X-Com isn't unavailable anymore, neither is Might and Magic or Duke Nukem. There's little reason to pirate because of unavailability, especially the more popular titles. Star Wars: Rebellion, on the other hand...
I only pirate if there's no demo or I'm not sure a game would work on my computer. I also have no problem downloading something that's ancient and companies aren't profiting off of anymore. But I would never just pirate something brand new just because I'm too tight-clenched to buy it.
Well, folks, if you somehow read my post and didn't get what I was hinting at - this is it.Zeromaeus said:
The fact that more people play Mother 3 on a ROM instead of the cartridge tells you how much it's wanted outside of Japan.
Of course, I still bought a copy (Or two,) so it's not like I'm completely stealing from the company and leading up to it's demise.
Piracy can break a product or company
I believe in supporting the bands/films/games so I dont Pirate
Im the only person I know who dosent pirate music unfortunately
.....if ur Pirating something (like a song) that is rare or unobtainable in your area, I can sorta c where ur coming from though
I believe in supporting the bands/films/games so I dont Pirate
Im the only person I know who dosent pirate music unfortunately
.....if ur Pirating something (like a song) that is rare or unobtainable in your area, I can sorta c where ur coming from though
I must admit that I pirated one game, and I loved it to death. I wish I'd paid for it. Plus I was too afraid the company would find out I stole it if I used the online content, so I didn't quite get the full experience. When I get some money I will probably buy it.
As for music, most of my library is pirated. But most of it was my sister, who owned the computer before me, and a good chunk of what I downloaded I probably wouldn't buy if I went to the store and listened to it first.
As for overpriced things, well, I'd have to say pirating them is fair. I would never have saved up enough money to buy Flash, which is like $400 even with the discount I could get. Plus I'm really quite good at it and plan to give to the flash community. I even bought a book on how to program on it from Adobe.
Pirating in general is not nearly as bad as stealing physical objects imo. Plus, it's a lot easier to get caught.
On the other hand, I plan on being a programmer, and I wouldn't want anyone to pirate one of my products, but whatever, it's inevitable.
As for music, most of my library is pirated. But most of it was my sister, who owned the computer before me, and a good chunk of what I downloaded I probably wouldn't buy if I went to the store and listened to it first.
As for overpriced things, well, I'd have to say pirating them is fair. I would never have saved up enough money to buy Flash, which is like $400 even with the discount I could get. Plus I'm really quite good at it and plan to give to the flash community. I even bought a book on how to program on it from Adobe.
Pirating in general is not nearly as bad as stealing physical objects imo. Plus, it's a lot easier to get caught.
On the other hand, I plan on being a programmer, and I wouldn't want anyone to pirate one of my products, but whatever, it's inevitable.
For most people this is true, but take me for example. I have an Intel Dual Core Processor 2.4, 2GB of RAM...but only a 128MB video card. Most games run fine despite the low video card (Assassin's Creed, Dragon Age, Spider-Man 3 and Arkham Asylum run pretty well on Medium settings) but I can't be positive. I know for a fact GTAIV doesn't work because I pirated it first to test it. If I hadn't I would have wasted $50. (And no, I can't upgrade because I'm on a Mac)LordNue said:
i'm sorry no matter how awesome it may be. I do not aproove of people on ships go to port to port stealing we the peoples goods and pillaging the townspeople of their "booty"!
How ironic, you joined two days ago. This seems to be a pattern with people who make conspicuous threads like this.Tom13ombadil said:
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I haven't pirated stuff in years.
iTunes makes it just as easy to get the music I want, and it is free.
That said, it isn't like I think people who pirate are bad. The music and enteraintment industries created this problem themselves by failing to adapt and out-and-out greed.
iTunes makes it just as easy to get the music I want, and it is free.
That said, it isn't like I think people who pirate are bad. The music and enteraintment industries created this problem themselves by failing to adapt and out-and-out greed.
You are possibly right...but if the people saying they pirated stuff's profiles are their actual information....they're retarded...i've almost made it impossible to find out my real name on the internet =Ppunkhead58 said:
There was a similar thread a few days ago, and this was pretty much my response. My compliments for your superior opinion, good sir.Blade3dge said:
On a somewhat related note, I'm not dishing out a penny towards large record companies, after they managed to make fan made guitar tabs illegal. If I pen down the riffs to Mastodon's Blood and Thunder, so that my mate can learn it on his guitar, one of us, maybe even both of us, have just commited a crime. Apparently, he should've bought the sheet music from WB.
