![]() ![]() Everyone did it, there’s a generation of kids who grew up on free stuff. I never remember my dad even being close to remorseful when he’d buy my little half brothers hundreds of games back with him from holiday. What I find funny is that our parents would endorse piracy without seemingly even realising it in the form of illegal games from Bali and then chipping playstations etc. Supreme Court ruled in 1985 that infringement does not easily equate with theft. Not all copyright infringement results in commercial loss, and the U.S. However, copyright is a type of intellectual property, an area of law distinct from that which covers robbery or theft, offenses related only to tangible property. Theft, meanwhile, emphasizes the potential commercial harm of infringement to copyright holders. The original meaning of piracy is “robbery or illegal violence at sea”, but the term has been in use for centuries as a synonym for acts of copyright infringement. The terms piracy and theft are often associated with copyright infringement. As i mentioned they can’t prove that piracy actually deprives the owner of anything – which in turn means it doesn’t fall under thefts definition. Piracy doesn’t deprive the rightful owner of shit. Theft: the felonious taking and removing of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it Just because you personally think they’re not equivalent, does not give you the right to change the English language to suit your needs. It’s the definition! I gave you the definition that proves it. I’m saying that “theft” can be used to describe the act of piracy. ![]() I paid full price (bought games immediately on release) for both of them so I’m not exactly happy about that.īut I’m not saying that. Among others, I personally can’t play Half-life2 or Duke Nukem Forever for more than 20 minutes before becoming physically ill. Second edit: Also forgot to add, some people suffer simulation sickness (like motion sickness but without moving) from certain games. I remember buying a couple games then realising it’s not the same as the game the rest of the world is playing. Thanks to Australia’s censorship rules we’d often get cut down or edited versions of games (and movies). Really not interested in the idea of paying $50 or $100 for a game that I spend 5 minutes on then decide “yep it’s not interesting to me”.Įdit: Forgot to add, sometimes pirated versions still equal a sale. There are a lot of games that fall into this category for me, friends talking about them make them sound interesting but the game genre or style isn’t something I’d normally be into. ie: The good old fashioned demo/shareware route that old games used to follow. So, I’d rather not pay for a game that doesn’t sound appealing, I’d rather give it a trial run and if it is actually interesting then pay for it. Personally I’m interested in playing Witness, not because the game itself appeals but because so many people are talking about it. Its not always about not having the money to pay for it. But just because you don’t like the price they’re charging, even though you know it’ll get cheaper later on? Nope. you’re willing to pay the asking price for something but you’re getting region locked out or it’s not available here for whatever reason), then there may be an argument for it in that case. If it’s actually an issue of availability (i.e. It’s not like there’s a lack of other, better value games I can play in the meantime while I wait. Instead I add it to my wishlist and will leave it there until it drops to a price I’m willing to pay. But that doesn’t mean I’m entitled to pirate it. But the price is f*cking insane… something like $90 on PSN and US$50 on Steam. Looks like a pretty cool game as old-school scrolling shooters go – I’d love to play it. The argument holds no water – if you don’t want to pay what they’re asking for a ticket now then you can go on a cheap day or wait until it shows up on Netflix or on TV or whatever later on.Ĭlassic recent example as DariusBurst Chronicle Saviours. That’s like saying that it’s OK to sneak into a cinema to watch a movie for free because if you’d had to buy a ticket then you wouldn’t have gone to see it anyway. Likewise, the argument that it’s ok because people wouldn’t have bought the game anyway – nonsense. If you don’t want to pay at all then don’t play it. If you want it cheaper then wait until later when the price drops. If you want to play it now, pay the price they’re asking for it now. That’s exactly what they’re intentionally doing. If anything, pirates buying the game should be evidence enough that they aren’t out to intentionally steal or reduce the profits of devs, compared to the above argument which tries to pretty much say these “pirates” are doing exactly that. ![]()
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