In which cases do you consider piracy legitimate?

[Anfebious]

Veknoid_Outcast said:

Anfebious said:

vivster said:

It seems the general consensus is that it's ok to steal if:

- You don't want to spend money
- Acquiring the product is more effort than a button press

- you are too stupid to keep your things together and feel entitled that warranty is always lifetime

You can't justify piracy but you can understand the reason why people resort to it. Some people live in underdeveloped countries where games are very expensive and not everyone can afford them. I can understand those people (i was one of them).

It should be noted that these countries have absolutely no control on piracy too. So one can download terabytes of illegal content with no problems at all.

I appreciate the sentiment, Anfebious, but I have to agree with vivster. Video games are not some natural right. They're a luxury. Just because a game is prohibitively expensive, or rare, or unavailable, it doesn't excuse theft.

Honestly, I'm shocked at the number of people who steal, and even more shocked at the attempt to justify theft. We're supposed to be the video game vanguard, not the ones stealing games and undermining the value of intellectual property.

I am not justifying it, I'm just showing him a reason why people do it and another way to look at the problem. I played pirates games when I was kid without even realizing it. When I had the money I started contributing to the industry but it's just too difficult sometimes.

It doesn't help that Argentina has ridiculous taxes. If you guys even saw the amount of money we have to give on taxes you might start to understand our point of view. It's all about different points of view, I still think pirating games is completely wrong but it's something that happens a lot over here, and I completely understand the people who do it.