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ishiki on 21 December 2013
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Slimebeast said:
ishiki said:
Slimebeast said:

Do as much off-topic as you want. The risk of being caught, I think that's interesting too.

I always wondered, do gamers in the USA feel the risk of being caught for piracy is a real risk? And a risk that would have concerete and palpable consequences? As in, does it make them think twice if to pirate or not?


The answer is still no, my brother pirates all the time and probably has like 2 warnings.

Also, if you're scared you can get a proxy-server for like 5 USD a month (you can get free ones but those are shady), so even if you get warnings they don't have your identity w/o warrant.

There's still very little risk in the USA. I doubt it has much of an influence.

That's very interesting. I always thought piracy was small in the US because of the strong arm of the law.

Anyone disagree with ishiki?

Yeah, I'm interested too.

I don't pirate much, because I feel bad for the devs. Not because I'm afraid of getting caught and the consequences. It would be interesting to see if anyone here is was actually driven away from piracy because of the law, and not some moral dilemma.