| Mummelmann said: ^Yes, but then again; you're Reasonable! Money is a factor here for sure, and many people just can't afford to purchase media all the time and certainly not whenever and whatever they want. I think I've bought 3-400 games in my life, several hundred CD's and a few hundred DVD's so I feel I have contributed to the industry as well. The primary pirated thing for me is probably TV shows from overseas, the simple reason being; here in Norway we don't get them in HD and we get them roughly a year later, which sucks!  I think everyone in the thread could agree that we don't want the gaming industry to go bankrupt (as if, anyways) and that we do not condone piracy, but I think it is high time we stopped using the senseless analogies (the bread and shit and the car I mentioned) and stopped acting as if we don't leave muddy tracks ourselves (i.e; get other pirated media). If we go by the "piracy is stealing" that some of the most eager users in here claim holds true then you are all criminals simply for having pirated music, movies, TV shows etc and really have no reason or right to complain about other people's gaming piracy. A man who steals just a little, is after all, just as guilty of theft as one who steals a lot. So if you want to truly make a difference, set an example and fight the general attitude towards piracy, start with yours and get rid of all pirated things you own, and then I'll consider taking your arguments to heart. PS: Good for you Reasonable, if you have the dough and stick with buying your media, hats off to you sir!  |
Thank you sir! Funnily enough if something did tempt me to piracy it would be a) DRM and b) not having the content made available to me in the first place.
My reasoning:
a) I want the right to use my content (which I will of course pay for) anywhere I want. I refuse to buy from Apple because the damn music only plays on iPods - well, I have one of those, but I also have my PC, 2 laptops, PSP and PS3 where I want to play the same music (not to mention my CD player!). While I will pay for content I'm not going to pay for it more than once just to play it on another device - to me that would be like having to buy a CD for my car CD, another for the one in my living room and another for the one in my kitchen. So for music I only buy CDs, rip them, then put the content where I want. I also rip some movies to put on my PSP and PC. The industries lack of understanding here (or greed to try and sell us the same thing in multiple packages) does sometimes tempt me to take the easy route and save myself the hassle of converting stuff myself. I was thinking of getting PlayTV for example, until I learnt that I can't put the content on my PSP (remote play is no good when you're in a place at 37,000 feet!).
b) this is simple, and I can understand you grabbing TV shows, etc. If you want to sell something you need to make it available. D'uh. If you don't and people do want to buy it then you've just created the perfect vacumn to justify piracy. I've been patiently waiting for Star Tek on BR in HD and if they don't give it to me soon then again thoughts of just grabbing the damn thing of the internet will surface in my mind.
I don't pirate, but they do make it hard not to sometimes...
Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...
