Do you often pirate things on a computer?

[dunno001]

Alterego-X said:

I honestly believe that the entertainment industry should change its attitude, not me. Nowadays, anyone is able to freely copy any software trough the Internet, therefore they should accept this and try to earn their profit from other services, such as quality cinemas, live concerts, game hardware (consoles and peripherals, etc. ), instead of selling copies of the software for money, based on archaic copyright protection laws. 

Ah, but you don't see the flaw within. If software becomes unsustainable, there will be ways found around requiring it. Right now, yes, what is used is what you call "archaic copyright protection laws." However, if we freely allow software to be pirated, then how would any game company, except Sony, MS, or Nintendo, ever make money? Simple- they couldn't without drastic change. And the change I see happening? A return of a console property of the early-mid 1970s: a console designed to play 1 game, and that's it. Of course, this will drive the price of games through the roof, as each one needs to be its own system. The big 3 will also join in this game, as they have no incentive to pay to make more games for their systems, if they can be stolen and played freely. So, sorry, but I do want to keep those "archaic" laws around, as it keeps games in an affordable price range for me. (I guess the question to ask is, would you pay $400 for FF13? Or, for that matter, any HD game? How about $250 for a Wii game?)