S.T.A.G.E. on 25 October 2009
| aher052 said: when people that buy 2nd hand it is the same as people who pirate.....the dev sees no money either way... pirating isnt necessarily a bad thing....because people who pirate are not gonna buy the game if they had to so its actually better that they pirate so if they really get into the game they will buy the next one..or buy DLC so at least the dev makes some money.... |
Actually, a person who pirates has no rights. They have no right to the product. A person who buys second hand has rights to the product because they physically own it and the former owner gave up their rights to that copy for either the equal or discounted price. If the second hand market was more illegal, Ebay and Amazon wouldn't be as popular as they are today. Pirates go to seedy sites to look up torrents and P2P sharing engines. Governments do not crack down on second hand buyers, because that is how we find a treasure in someone elses trash. Governments crack down on pirates because they definititvely block off sales to a company because they can.
