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greenmedic88 on 17 February 2012
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crissindahouse said:
greenmedic88 said:
usrevenge said:
pirate game
does it play? do i like it?
if yes to both buy game.
when the entertainment industry understands that this is the process we will be good.

Order meal.

Eat meal. Was it a good meal? Was the service to your liking?

If yes to both, pay for meal.

If no to both, announce to manager you refuse to pay bill or go to bathroom and run out the back door.

Doesn't quite work that way in reality.


you are funny because even if your comparison would make sense you are wrong.

 

there are some restaurants with this concept and this works fine. most people are honest and pay a good price for the product if it is good. sure there are some assholes eating for free but most pay something and it's not less on average than the normal price would be.

I love the absolutism shared by some of the people in this thread.

Nobody can declare anyone is wrong. That is the only absolute statement that can be said.

These are points of views and anyone who can't see that has fallen into the trap of one dimensional thinking that exists only from the perspective that supports their own beliefs. Key word being beliefs.

Disagree? Then a reply isn't even merited by myself or anyone with an opposing point of view.

Don't like the pay if you like the meal/service analogy? Someone pointed out that the ingredients that go into a meal are physical and thefore have inherent value, making the downloading of unlicensed materials not *immoral* as there is nothing physical being taken (immoral since in most of the countries in consideration, there's no question it's illegal) as opposed to say five fingering a physical copy of a game/app/movie/etc.

Try don't pay for a movie ticket (about $10) or maybe a concert ticket ($60) or a ski lift ticket ($100) or a seat at a major fight event ($350). Nothing physical removed, but any of them certainly have value.

Besides, it's not like anyone can't either rent a game or even buy a used copy at GameStop, which has a ridiculously loose return policy that essentially equates to free rentals if you want to really abuse it, and then return it.

People are going to do what they want to do and believe whatever they want to justify it. That's not even any of my business.

Just avoid the myopic limited perspective all encompassing statements in the future.