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Kasz216 on 08 August 2008
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Ail said:
Kasz216 said:
Ail said:
People that says piracy has no cost are really blind.

Do you think the people currently working to fight it or busy trying to implement DRM instead of working on more game features are working for free ?


Botttom line is you will always find a lot of people advocating piracy isn't wrong because they do it and won't admit to do something wrong...

They are doing it because it gives them an advantage politially.

Tell you what pal. Look up any of the research or current economic theory on piracy. Then we can have this conversation.

The problem is we're argueing as someone who's done research on it (Me.) VS someone with an opinion. (you.)

 

Yes because it's a given fact that you know a lot more that about every member of the software industry...

Read the actual scientific economic research on it... the higher ups in the software industry know it too... they just know piracy is a great levreging tool.

Look at Microsoft's policy which is "Don't pirate, but if you do pirate... pirate us."

As yourself why would microsoft WANT to be pirated? Answer, it has a number of economic benefits.

I'm done with the thread though. All i gotta say is... read a book on economy, read the actual research. Your like someone who thought the sun revolved around the earth (like the vast majority) when people had proof to the opposite at this point.

If you had any actual physical evidence of proof or of a study where you take in all the effects of piracy, you'd have a leg to stand on, btu right now your basically putting your hands in your ears and hopping on one leg without looking at any piracy studies.

 

For example... studies published in scientific journals.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070212-8813.html

Like this one... published in one of the most well known journals n the US. The same studies are EVERYWHERE... sometiems they even show slight (thoguht statstically indistinguishable) increases in sales.

Experts in the field (People with degrees in economics, not software companies) generally believe piracy is not harmful.

Heck... I mean look at this

http://www.newser.com/story/34062/music-biz-cant-dodge-piracy-study.html

You didn't even have to pay radiohead ANYTHING for that album.  Yet it still was pirated thousands of times over.  Why?