Piracy - Who here is a "pirate" ???

[WraithPriest]

Galaki said:

WraithPriest said:
I pirate PC games. And i'm all for everyone doing it the way i do.

Ie. I bought Red Alert 3, but i wasn't going to install it from the disc because i disagree with making honest customers install secuROM so i downloaded a pirate version with all the rootkit crap removed.

Same with Crysis Warhead and Dead Space.

So yeah, i pirate, but i am also a legitimate customer.

 

So, it's like you give me $100 and then steal it from me. That's still theft, you know.

 

No, it's like i pay £35 and then download a soft copy to go with my hard copy.

So i suppose the analogy is more like if i give you £35 for one of your DVDs, take the DVD and then copy your ripped version to mu USB stick and take that too. Note the word "Copy"because you'd still have it on your computer.

 

EDIT - For Example i bought Fallout 3, however, because there is no draconian DRM being installed with it i didn't need to download a copy to install.