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Do you think that other forms of piracy (music, film, books) are morally better or worse in other cases than of gaming? Do you practice it?

For example, do you think that it is morally wrong to pirate TV series that would be free to watch in TV, but sold on DVD?

Or how about watching music clips on Youtube, instead of downloading the MP3?

I'm just curious about your opinion.

 



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We have had plenty of these threads. None of them have ended well. Don't go there.



well i openly admit to pirating music. I know its wrong but i still do it.



I pirate music, but the prices of Itunes and CD's are EXUBERANT compared for what you're getting.



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Soleron said:
We have had plenty of these threads. None of them have ended well. Don't go there.

Sorry, I just read this other thread about game piracy, and I started thinking about the possibility that the love of the game industry makes people more likely to condemn video game piracy than other forms, that they don't care that much about. 

 

Anyways, this thread is kinda dead, I guess most people here are either ashamed of pirating stuff, so they don't tell about it, or they really don't pirate, so they have nothing to say.



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Well I listen to music free over the internet, so thats not illegal. The worst I do is download shows which would air for free anyway, however I don't keep them and if I want to watch them multiple times I buy them on DVD/paid downloads.



Tease.

My friends and I actually abuse Impulse



In regards to television I can see the argument that its not morally as wrong but you have to consider that its only free on television because its supported by advertising. So it isn't actually free, its just being paid for by someone else.



FaRmLaNd said:
In regards to television I can see the argument that its not morally as wrong but you have to consider that its only free on television because its supported by advertising. So it isn't actually free, its just being paid for by someone else.

Then its also morally wrong to fast forward/timeshift advertisements on recorded shows. So if one practice is about as morally wrong as the other practice and one is accepted, then why wouldn't both be acceptable?



Tease.

I'm not suggesting that recording a television show isn't acceptable. I was just pointing out why the programmes are free to watch.