Which is moraly (not legaly) worse? Secondhand _ Pirating _ Renting_Lending

[1337 Gamer]

vlad321 said:

1337 Gamer said:
^ Ok but being bad for the game market does not make it morally wrong. We are arguing the morality of selling used games in relation to the market. We both agree that both hurt game sales and developers profits but piracy is by far more morally repugnant. Because with used games we lose the ability to play them when we well them we cant say that about piracy.

You lose the ability to play them and instead you get money with which you can get something with. With piracy you can't do anything with it, can't go get a meal at a restaurant or anything. Used game market people are far greedier than pirates.

except pirates basically get $X worth of free software. So they are greedier than second hand sellers.

Heres an example to illustrate my point

Pirate downloads Uncharted 2. Gets $60. Its a game that he would have had to pay $60 for this game and by pirating it he saved himself $60 so he basically earned $60. So he earned a net of +$60.

The second hand seller BUYS uncharted 2 for $60 gets tired of it and sells it for $30 back to gamestop. He ends up with a net of -$30.

So Pirate basically earns $60 and the second hand seller loses $30. now tell me how the latter is more greedy?

 

Thus pirates are more greedy than secondhand sellers!