Confessions of a pirate

[Hawk]

Onyxmeth said:

Hawk said:

marciosmg said:

I pirated 95% of my PS1 games, 100% of my PS2 and now 100% of my 360 games. To me it is as simple as if I don´t buy pirated games I won´t buy real ones, so no company is losing real money because of me. Games here are so expensive it is impossible for 95% of the people in my country to buy.

What a classic excuse. I do agree with stof, that pirating games is not the biggest sin in the world, but I still do not appreciate the people that do. And if you wouldn't have bought the game in the first place, then plain and simple, you shouldn't have it.

I'm not condoning the act of piracy here, but you really have no place as an American to tell someone from Brazil whether they should pirate games or not. Brazil gets screwed royally up the ass in game prices and I personally give anyone from that country my blessing to pirate, because they don't have the same priviliges Americans have with game prices.

 

Keep in mind, we are talking about a luxury here.  We are not talking about a necessity at all.  When it comes to someone who does not have the opportunity to earn what is necessary in life to survive, then my views change.  But we are talking luxuries, a purely not needed or necessary service. 

Yes, I still absolutely see it as stealing and wrong to pirate a luxury because you don't have the money for it.  As rich as you may view the American standard, there is far richer.  I certainly don't think that just because I can't afford a ferrarri or yaht, that society owes it to me to provide them for free.  Just because I don't have the money to extensively travel, doesn't mean airlines and hotels should provide services to me for free.