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

[vlad321]

ZenfoldorVGI said:

vlad321 said:

Akvod said:

D-FENS said:
Wow, so many users on this forum are sicophants for the publishers.

It's actually everyone vs Vlad at this point in the thread O.o

Seriously tell me the difference between these two:

Piracy: Getting value of something without the person who produced the value seeing anything in return.

Used game: Getting value of something without the person who prouced the value seeing anythign in return.

I've told you the difference many, many times.

One stimulates the economy, when money changes hands, and it sanctioned by a vastly large part of the industry, and in most cases is actually depended upon by said industry through middlemen.

One stimulates nothing, no money changes hands, it's illegal, and is looked upon with disgust from everyone within an industry which requires money to function.

When I told you this, you said that the part of the industry that depends upon used gaming is stupid, middlemen are stupid, and we should all rise up and burn them.

Do you understand why your statements make me question your reasoning?

Legallity has nothing to do with it, that was ruled out in the OP.

Also it's not a huge stimulus to the industry. Middlemen aren't the ones producing the games, and  considering I have 2 gamestops within a 5 mile radius I'm thinking they are well over stimulated with their business, which you know I equate with piracy. Would it be any different if they were putting up torents on their web pages and making people pay for downlpading the .torrent file?