US government finally admits most piracy estimates are bogus

[BW_JP]

Kasz216 said:

BW_JP said:

Kasz216 said:

You tend to have that backwords BW_Jp. Unless for some reason videogame piracy acts in the complete opposite way music piracy does.

Alsp uh... this wasn't a study.  It was simply a "peer review".

it doesn't matter what my post is with respect to, it's just a fact. 

Backed by... no actual data or anything... which is actually kinda the point of this article.

It's not a fact... unless you have the data to prove it.

This isn't trying to argue moralties.  It's trying to argue the actual facts of the effects of piracy... of which you've provided none.

Additionally pirates aren't theifs.  To be a theif they would need to remove something of value... there is a reason why it's "Copyright infringement" and not "Theft" when you get arrested.

copyright infringment is simply the theft of an intellectual property.

It is theft. The argument about removing something of value is simply something pirates hide behind, it's a very uneducated response.

The software is a product of someones time. It took time to create that product. That time has a value. You did not pay for it.

In any case, there's no arguing with those with no education on the topic. Piracy is theft, there is no logical reason to say otherwise.

There is no data, there cannot be any data, there will not be any data. In any case, with respect to the music industry, they've changed their structure completely in order to deal with piracy, the video game industry cannot really do that. 

There are millions of people who have _never_ paid for a video game. and _never_ would. and because of people who think like you do, actually believe that paying for video games is wrong.