Piracy not theft because its a copy..

[NJ5]

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.

That's obviously not true. When I steal a TV (not that I would), I'm stealing actual materials which cost money... the store will have to replace that TV by buying another one from their supplier, at a cost. This is true no matter whether I had the intention of buying it or not.

When I make a copy of a game, I may be taking revenue away from the retailer or not... it depends on whether I would buy it otherwise. The retailer doesn't incur any cost when I download the game, since I'm not taking it from them.

Can't you see the difference? Pure economics and logic here...