Orca_Azure said:
superchunk said:
This is in the signature of one of our users.
It's logic is wholefully thawed yet it is the root of many people reasoning to continue being software pirates. While you are not removing the original product, you are removing profit from the company and indirecly future income for the software developers.
So you are commiting theft of income in the long term. You are effectively reaching into the pocket of some hard working software engineer and taking out his child's school lunch money. Especially if that company closes down or is forced to reduce its labor force.
This is why I refuse to copy a game/music/movie etc. Because it is not right to think that you are so above everyone else that you do not have to financially recognize someone else's hard work and effort.
Nearly all PC games have demos, so the idea that you want to play it first is bullshit, your simply a thief who deserves their hands cut. Even music has plenty of free, legal avenues to listen to it first before you buy.
This is the end of my rant, carry on.
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#1 Chances are they wouldn't have bought the game in the first place.
#2 Pirates save kids from heart disease. The school lunch money being taken means that the faimly is on a budget and thus the parents have to scale back. The kids probably no longer eat KFC every night and instead have home cooked meals because they are cheaper. The families should be thanking pirates to be honest.
This is the end of my convoluted rant rebuttle
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When you look at psp game sales, piracy really affects it so the whole "They wouldn't buy it anyway" doesn't work. I am on other forums and people have said "why buy it when you can download it? lol"
True it doesn't affect all consoles/handhelds but it does give its fair share of problems.
EDIT: Oh and if you aren't going to buy it anyway then just play the demo or rent it - make a gamefly account. You can play tons of games you don't intend to buy!
