-Why I Pirate- Is piracy justifiable?

[Euphoria14]

Ail said:

Euphoria14 said:

Ail said:

Euphoria14 said:

So what is the harm in downloading it anyways? Did Nintendo lose money because I downloaded Xenoblade for my US Wii and Soma Bringer for my DSLite R4?

Someone lost money.

Because if you had not gotten those games for free chances are you would have purchased other games instead.( or maybe you would have spent the 20 hours or so you spent playing Xenoblade just sitting on your bum but that is unlikely).

When entertainment products can be gotten for free it reduces the market for every entertainment company, be it the one you pirated or one of it's competitor.

You can't prove that at all. There is nothing to prove that if I hadn't pirated Xenoblade in September I would have bought something else. At that time I was spending $1.99 to rent a game per night at my local Red Box Kiosk and beating them. Only costed me $3.98 to beat Uncharted 3.

Who is to say that had I not had the ability to get it for free I would have used my $50+ to buy new collared shirts for work? Nothing proves that money not spent on a title would have otherwise been spent on that title or on one of a different company had an avenue for piracy not been available. 

you definitly would have done spent the time you spent playing Xenoblade doing something else, you can't argue that.

Now if you guys want to promote a society where people spent their time at home enjoying free entertainment, that's something else ( and remember when you can get your entertainment for free , that's one less motivation to go out and earn money...).

I don't see your point though seeing as it is common sense that if you aren't doing one thing you are obvious doing something else.

Then I must ask this now... why assume now that we are unemployed, unmotivated drains on society?

 

Just last night I had my parents over and they were telling me about how they are in season 3 of Breaking Bad with 4 episodes to go, but season 4 isn't on Netflix yet. They had no way to watch it, it isn't on Netflix and it isn't on DVD or BluRay yet since the season just ended in October. I told them to go to a site (Which I wrote down for them) and told them they could stream it there. I assume that tonight they must be started on season 4.

Anyways, they are now streaming it, for free! OH MY!

Anyways, like I said, it isn't on DVD yet, it isn't on Netflix (which they have, so this barely matters anyways). I am not sure of AMCs schedule right now and whether or not they are airing repeats of season 4. So, what did AMC lose that night? Mind you they weren't going to buy it anyways, but rather maybe have to wait for it to pop up on the service they already pay for.

I want to watch that new movie but I don't buy DVDs, I like to just wait for them to air on Starz, Showtime, HBO, you name it. I won't ever pay for it, but I know I will eventually watch it, no real harm to anyone in watching it now right? I'm still going to be paying that Cablevision bill by the time it arrives on one of those channels.

 

I am just one case, but surely there are others just like me. Everyones case is different, but what do many of these cases show? Just because I didn't pay to watch Breaking Bad doesn't mean I would have ever purchased it. Hell, the only reason I even got into it in the first place is because my brother-in-law owned it and tossed it my way and suggested I check it out. I eventually did after a month or so. AMC lost just as much there as they would have had I learned of it on the net and downloaded the first season.

Is borrowing bad too? I would say no, because in the end, after borrowing season 1 and downloading seasons 2 and 3, they gained attiditional ratings during season 4 and trust me, I will be there watching during season 5 as well.