Piracy not theft because its a copy..

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FayeC said:

superchunk said:

NJ5 said:
It all depends on whether you would have bought the game if you hadn't pirated it.

This is to all of you who make the same illogical arguement.

You're still stealing the profit that could be earned. If you want to try the game out, play the demo. If you really want to play the full game

1. buy it new

2. buy it used from ebay for far less

3. get an account from one of those online renters

Basically, any time you gain a copy you did not some how pay for, you are stealing from the people who created it. There is no way around that simple fact.

If your logic held true, you could take that 60" HDTV, since you wouldn't have bought it anyways.

Your logic isnt very sound - Why is this user stealing profit buy pirating a game he wouldn't have bought anyway? If anything its a free as since this person could by a sequal or DLC for the game. In fact, even if they pirate the DLC and the sequal what has the company lost except the opportunity to sell him a game? That opportunity can't be assigned a numerical value the way so many try to.

 

If you would encorage them to buy used then your position isnt very steady, as that makes the people that created the game just as much money  as a pirated copy  would. Pirated games, like used games are rival goods to new games.

If someone never stole games, they would eventually buy some since they like to play games. Thus, its lost profit somewhere in the chain.

Buying used allows someone else to recoup money spent on that single copy, with that they are able to buy another new game. That's why used is not the same as piracy and still good for the industry.