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My thoughts on Software piracy
15 years ago
First of, software developers get paid a salary, they don't get bonuses or commissions if the game does well, with the exception of some game companies
so really who is hurt by lack of profits? ip owners
now I'm not saying piracy is good or you should do it, I'm saying that the people who are being robbed... have a fuckton of money and probably aren't noticing a huge impact.
that said
DRM - sometimes piracy statistics come from games that are so drm bullshit that the people that bought the game go and download a pirated copy just so they can play it offline/on more than one pc/in peace without having to log in
drm is really giving pirates what they wanted in the first place, a challenge, something to justify their actions and frankly it does justify them, how many times have i bought a warnerbros film and not had any subtitles for it for my deaf girlfriend? you'd be surprised Harry potter and the order of the phoenix has no closed captions or subtitles. guess where hexi has to turn to get hir deaf gf the movie in an enjoyable format? :3
that has little to do with drm but there's a form of drm present in movies thats pretty bad and i think you all know what i mean, unskippable ads. yeah those 10 odd previews that they make you watch or if they're feeling nice fast forward or skip but you cant just go, movie in play.... unless you pirate it.
Staggered release: i'm guilty of this, due to the fact that i follow japanese release titles i've often downloaded a translated patch game so i could have the game SEVERAL MONTHS EARLY yeah we're not talking one or two months, pokemon heart gold soul silver were out in japan in september 2009, and didnt release in canada untill march 14th 2010. and still hasnt released in the uk.
so yeah i downloaded and played it... hell yes i did! and then i bought the north american release cuz... free pokewalker cmon.
but what i'm saying is piracy isnt the theiving and pillaging that riaa makes it out to be, often its actually fully within the us law actually.
((you're allowed to make a backup of a game if you own a proof of purchase: eg the disc itself))
</rant>
so really who is hurt by lack of profits? ip owners
now I'm not saying piracy is good or you should do it, I'm saying that the people who are being robbed... have a fuckton of money and probably aren't noticing a huge impact.
that said
DRM - sometimes piracy statistics come from games that are so drm bullshit that the people that bought the game go and download a pirated copy just so they can play it offline/on more than one pc/in peace without having to log in
drm is really giving pirates what they wanted in the first place, a challenge, something to justify their actions and frankly it does justify them, how many times have i bought a warnerbros film and not had any subtitles for it for my deaf girlfriend? you'd be surprised Harry potter and the order of the phoenix has no closed captions or subtitles. guess where hexi has to turn to get hir deaf gf the movie in an enjoyable format? :3
that has little to do with drm but there's a form of drm present in movies thats pretty bad and i think you all know what i mean, unskippable ads. yeah those 10 odd previews that they make you watch or if they're feeling nice fast forward or skip but you cant just go, movie in play.... unless you pirate it.
Staggered release: i'm guilty of this, due to the fact that i follow japanese release titles i've often downloaded a translated patch game so i could have the game SEVERAL MONTHS EARLY yeah we're not talking one or two months, pokemon heart gold soul silver were out in japan in september 2009, and didnt release in canada untill march 14th 2010. and still hasnt released in the uk.
so yeah i downloaded and played it... hell yes i did! and then i bought the north american release cuz... free pokewalker cmon.
but what i'm saying is piracy isnt the theiving and pillaging that riaa makes it out to be, often its actually fully within the us law actually.
((you're allowed to make a backup of a game if you own a proof of purchase: eg the disc itself))
</rant>
i'd would be easier and cheaper for me to buy a game and console and play it THEN AND THERE without having to go though a buttfuck of a registration process.
pirate it
but again, at home, on dialup
i can't pirate when i'm home on dialup
i know from experince