Another Look At Piracy

[Akvod]

Lord N said:

Akvod said:

 

You can't "take" a digital copy of a game.

Yes you can. IP is the right to exclusively produce or reproduce a software, music, etc. You have no right, the people who put it up online have no right. Lenders have a right, because they got permission from the creators. Second hand sales have a right, because while they have no right to reproduce the product, they can do as they please with their copy.

The laws and standards regarding intellectual and physical property are very different for a reason. When you download a game without paying for it, you haven't taken anything away, you've just made a copy. The copyright holder still has everything he had before the download took place. If you go into a store and take a game or CD  or DVD without paying for it, then yeah, you've taken something away; however, all you've taken is a round, plastic disc. The copyright holder still has all of the rights to distribute, reproduce, etc.

 

 

 

But you have taken something away. Their right to produce the product exclusively.

The whole fucking point is there. You can never call "dibs" on a idea. I believe ideas are simply discovered, not created. But we have created IP in order to make a more productive society, and because we believe that the "discoverer" should be allowed to profit from his effort.