I don't pirate.
Although what I do find funny... and what NOBODY ever acknowledges is....
Piracy is considered wrong because what is being pirated is trivial.
There was that saying a while back "You wouldn't download a car."
If someone found a way for you to download a car for free to where you made an exact copy of a car without pay someone....
they would win the nobel prize and be heralded as one of the greatest scientists ever, who created a service for man possibly unparreled by anyone.
We'd completely change how cars were created, either paying for car design through government funding, philantrophist funding or in general just a bunch of people seeing a concept for a car and throwing 5-10 dollars at the creator hoping they mad a better car.
Does anyone deny that? If so... what if they found a way for people to download food? Make exact copies. Would we turn away replicator technology in the future?
I think there is a real arguement outside of both sides selfish arguements over what they want, to ask.... is the entire systemic way we make digital media wrong? Should we look at how we would pay for essential items if it worked the same way? Rather then either trying to hold back a tidal wave with a cookie sheet, or justify a broken status quo where creators fee robbed?
Truth is, there should be no artists but indy artists. Who either get government grants, philantrophist grants, or grants from people working together to pay the bills for developers. Well or are just your tradition Indy author, who creates games and then hopes enough people recipricates and gives money via paypal to make bigger games.
