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

[ChichiriMuyo]

Garcian Smith said:

It's simple. More game piracy = less risk-taking in game development, more BS copy protection schemes, and oftentimes publishers abandoning a piracy-prone system altogether (see: PSP). If you love good games, you should not pirate good games.

I've pirated music before, but artists barely make a few cents off of an album sale anyway - and there will always be music, piracy or no. I've pirated TV shows, but most TV shows are available for free (legally) somewhere on the 'net in any case. Game piracy is an evil unto itself, and not comparable to anything else.

 

You're a shining example of the sort of human being that should be sickened by their own actions.  If that CD had 11 tracks the artist would have personally earned over $1 in royalties.  All song sales, physical or digital, by law earn 9.1 cents of royalties in the U.S.   You think you aren't hurting artists by pirating their music yet it's evil to pirate a game?  Get a grip, kid.  At least if you had the ****ing decency to admit ALL piracy is wrong I could respect your point of view, but you're just a damned, dirty hypocrite.