While it probably doesn't draw from direct statistics it is more than likely fairly spot on. "Piracy" hurts corporations which drives policy change.
I would these are a fair amount, but the largemajority of games that are pirated are modern game releases: 2011 and All Time(though this one is close to a year old).Not to disagree with you, but a fair amount of game piracy is games that are either old games not making money anymore, not localized to a certain area, or too rare to get a legitimate copy of (although this isn't as common as the other 2).
It certainly didn't ruin them but I remember it put them on edge: World of Goo.Could you please link? Its not that I don't believe you, its just a problem I never knew existed and I'd like to look into it to better formulate my opinions.
I often do that. For instance I just downloaded an artist called Boy & Bear to hear them out. Now I'm looking for a vinyl copy of the album I just illegally downloaded because I like it so much. On the other hand I downloaded a band called Welkin the other day & it wasn't my cup of tea. So I deleted it from my music library. In both situations the music company wasn't hurt from my actions. In the first one it is actually helped while in the second one they made a net profit of 0 & lost 0.AFAIK, video game pirating is fairly small-scale. I think that the preowned game market is far worse for game designers. Unless you absolutely have to have the game on release day, most people will have the nous to wait until a (vastly cheaper) preowned copy is available. Game designers make zero money from preowned sales, as it's the same copy of the game being redistributed after being sold.
Also, why would you illegally download a song to "try before you buy" when you could just watch it on Youtube? What's to stop people ripping entire albums off Youtube for that matter? Most people have the tech know-how to get a song from Youtube to their iPod. Will video sites be on the chopping block next? I've already seen copyright holders have media pulled from Youtube. If a music video gets pulled, it's hurting the artist and filling the pockets of the copyright holders. Where do you draw the line? Where does it stop being a matter of intellectual property, and become one of money? (For the copyright holder, not the artist.)
idk about where you are, but over there that's legal -- you have 24 hoursI often do that. For instance I just downloaded an artist called Boy & Bear to hear them out. Now I'm looking for a vinyl copy of the album I just illegally downloaded because I like it so much. On the other hand I downloaded a band called Welkin the other day & it wasn't my cup of tea. So I deleted it from my music library. In both situations the music company wasn't hurt from my actions. In the first one it is actually helped while in the second one they made a net profit of 0 & lost 0.
Lol, downloading stuff off the internet isn't stealing, it's called making good use of your computer, this law is just stupid, hope this crap doesn't come to the UK, also I dont really get why some people wouod actually buy their music or films online, I much prefer getting it for free, but hey whatever floats your boat :)Umbreon that is literally one of the dumbest things I've ever heard... if people started stealing CDs from shops in masses, that wouldn't be grounds to change the law to say "stealing CDs is no longer illegal"...
The only reason that it's not "immoral" to most people is because A.) it's incredibly easy compared to the alternative of buying digital music B.) it's not punished harshly / consistently and C.) they can't see the negative effects of their actions right away.
There's no positive spin you can put on this, it's stealing no matter how you look at it, and our basic human morality says that stealing is "wrong".
We buy things because we like to support the artist or director in their efforts. I support Radiohead, & while I never purchased their music that's currently on my computer -- I have posters, & t-shirts, & I bought concert tickets to go see the live. I enjoy their music, so I contribute to them so they keep making it.Lol, downloading stuff off the internet isn't stealing, it's called making good use of your computer, this law is just stupid, hope this crap doesn't come to the UK, also I dont really get why some people wouod actually buy their music or films online, I much prefer getting it for free, but hey whatever floats your boat :)
robbing a bank isn't stealing, it's called making good use of a gunLol, downloading stuff off the internet isn't stealing, it's called making good use of your computer
I don't understand why you're not considering any of the points which I made. Tons of people who download music illegally find new awesome bands which they then go to and support. I don't see why you find that hard to believe. Purchasing the music itself doesn't really get the bands a ton of money. It gives the record companies money. Go to concerts & buy apparel to support the bands.If you don't buy it, you don't deserve to play the game. Period. Just like if you don't buy a ticket to a concert, you don't get to sneak in for free. It's the price of admission to experiencing the content. You're not entitled to play whatever game you feel like playing for free just because you want to.
All of this "well I wouldn't have bought it anyway" stuff is complete bullshit and only serves to make yourself feel better about something that you know is illegal and that a majority of people will agree is objectively "wrong". If you wouldn't have bought it, then ok, you just don't get to experience the content... you don't get to then go and take it for free.
If you download stuff illegally, then at least own up to the fact that what you are doing is wrong, but that you plain don't give a shit. Just don't pretend that what you are doing is somehow morally OK, or try to justify it in any way shape or form, because you can't.
Because at one point in time where that game in the flea market was new, therefore there was an "instance of distribution" where the IP owner stood to gain money off that product. Piracy circumvents that original "instance of distribution" so the IP owner stands to have no ability to profit off of its product. That's why pre-game sales are much different (IMO), the developed/IP Owner had the opportunity to profit off it already.If I buy something preowned or from a flea market or whatever, I'm getting to experience the game without paying the IP owner a cent. How is that any different? (it doesn't matter that the seller can't experience it anymore, the point is that they didn't get any money from me, and I got to experience the content)
It's a slippery slope, but if piracy did not act as a competing medium that had "free stuff" compared to the "paid" market, you would not have accessed whatever product you wanted. Basically since torrents exists you feel entitled enough to access a product (film, music, whatever) without compensating the owner's of the product? ...Lol, downloading stuff off the internet isn't stealing, it's called making good use of your computer, this law is just stupid, hope this crap doesn't come to the UK, also I dont really get why some people wouod actually buy their music or films online, I much prefer getting it for free, but hey whatever floats your boat :)
This right here. Sometimes companies overstep their bounds on the restrictions for paid owners of their media (don't get me started on piracy warning when I bought the dvd -.-). You can still respect a IP owners rights of reproduction by boycotting the product whist not pirating.It's has nothing to do with who's getting paid and who's not getting paid, it has everything to do with respecting the IP owner's right to dictate how the media is reproduced and distributed.
Although I don't support piracy, I find it disgusting that these companies play victim and try to make the pirates feel bad by saying the musicians are the ones being harmed when the record company is already robbing the musicians of what they deserve.
While it probably doesn't draw from direct statistics it is more than likely fairly spot on. "Piracy" hurts corporations which drives policy change.
Posts like this make me cringe, so ignorant of what you're arguing against. Let me make it clear:robbing a bank isn't stealing, it's called making good use of a gun
god posts likes these make me cringe
You don't have to buy low quality itunes bs. You can in fact buy CDs, and a good many labels still press vinyl.A big problem though, with iTunes in particular, is that he tracks are pretty low quality compared to what you can find on PirateBay or whatever torrent site you fancy. So it's basically like you can have a nice steak dinner for free, or you can pay $10 for a hamburger from McDonalds. When you have to compete with free, you're going to take a paycut and big companies fail to realise this because they have had an enormous amount of control over distribution for about a 60 year period but thanks to the internet that grip is now slipping.