BW_JP said:
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. |
Pft. I you probably have more copyright infrined stuff then I do... as I don't pirate. Not even music.
I'm not uneducated... I'm just someone who knows the definition of the word theft.
When you pirate something you aren't taking anything. You are copying something. You are copying someones intellectual property.
As for the "Millions of people who have never paid for a videogame and never would because of people who think like me."
That again is something I would want to see data for.
How "knowing the difference between theft and copyright while thinking they are both wrong" leads to millions of people pirating games would be pretty interesting to see to say the least.