Why are so many American games so up in arms against piracy?

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DTG said:

I find the passionate hate many u.s games seem to hold against piracy quite perplexing. For one I think almost all of you have pirated one thing or another in your life whether it be music or even a photograph. But when it comes to vg piracy many of you get your panties in a bunch. We are talking multi million, in cases billion dollar coorporations here. If the game only makes 50 instead of 70 million in revenue is that really such an evil thing? Afterall I don't think the CEO's of these companies are begging for money on street corners and having a difficult time making ends meet. Is it really such a question of morale integrity when talking about a few extra bucks filthy rich multinationals maybe losing out on, or does everyone here happen to be a part of that upper 5% corporate elite?

 

Well I agree with you. Im going to take 10% of every paycheck of yours for the rest of your life, for no other reason then I feel that I desearve it. Sure, you worked hard to bring that Paycheck home, but I should be able to get some of that because I really want it, but dont want to have to work for it myself.

I mean come on, its not like you need that 10%, you still have 90% left there!

Theft is theft. Pure and simple. If I kick down your door and walk out with your TV which you only spent 10 bucks on (I know you still have the rabbit ears, I can see your soul) or steal a 50 dollar game off the net that cost a company 30 million dollars to make, its still stealing.

Lets look at the most recent example. Spore has sold 1 million copies (as of last week) and at that time it was tracked as having been downloaded illegally 450,000 times. Almost 50% of its sales.

Sounds like a bit more than the trifling thing you make it out to be.