Severance said:
Rath said:
Severance said:
NJ5 said:
I'm calling BS on all of those who are screaming "illegal" and "criminal" without any evidence to back it up.
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Hacking is illegal. whats so BS about that?
and before you ask why is it illegal? , look at the third party software sales of the Wii / DS and PSP. do you think these guys work for free? and work just for teh lulz? no they work for living, and because of some random nerd with no life they're losing their jobs, now isn't that a crime? or is it okay for someone to steal your money from you and you call "BS he didn't steal anything"
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Read the dozens of posts, please. Hacking isn't illegal. This has been thoroughly covered. He isn't stealing anything. Also if you really want to get into an argument about the economics of piracy I suggest you read some studies rather than just making assumptions. (hint, piracy increases sales - weird but apparently true).
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@Red
i don't do studies because i living with it , i know Hardware sales go up because of piracy but Software Sales go down to hell, and without Software sales there won't be any profit to the ones that matter, the developers.
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You're arguing on purely anecdotal evidence.
http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/1/7/2/9/6/p172966_index.html
http://mcs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/26/2/163
http://ideas.repec.org/p/rtv/ceiswp/243.html
Studies showing that piracy possibly has a positive effect on sales.
Also if Geohot was doing anything illegal he would have been arrested, you may think he is morally in the wrong but legally he is all good.
