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Why Are People Pirating A Charity Game?

Last week, a pack went on sale that let you name your own price for five great indie games, all in the name of charity. Know what a ton of people then went and did? Pirated the thing. Wonderful.

To recap, this was a pack that let you pay what you want. With all proceeds going to charity. So you could pay $1 and get five of the best indie games going around, and donate to a good cause, all at the same time. $1!

Even that was too much for many, though, with Wolfire - whose David Rosen penned a great piece on the matter last week - estimating that at least 25% of users got the games for free. And that's a conservative estimate, since it includes only those who scammed the games off a forum or website, and not off BitTorrent sites.

Some days, you're reminded how awful people can really be. Today is one of those days.

Saving a penny — pirating the Humble Indie Bundle [Wolfire]

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So not only are they pirating a free game, they're also taking money away from a charity. Way to go fuckwits.

Sad, but not a surprise

I always wonder how many of these pirates are children who simply don't have the income or the plastic necessary to pay for things online.

sad news, I mean this is defrauding a charity out of money...

Some people don't have credit cards or other means of making online payments. This has often been the case for pirating, simply not being able or not easily able to pay online.

 Argh, how evil ! 

Is there a way to give money to the charity without getting the games? 

You could always buy it twice. 

It's a sad world when you even have to consider that, but hey, pirates are douchebags.  You have to love people that destroy things they love.

Doesn't surprise me about people that do things like that. I hope there were enough decent people who bought the game to support the developer and the charity.

Or simply just poor people? I'm guessing that has to be at least 1-3% of the 25%. I'd imagine though that many little kids who are damn smart can pirate the hell out of games. I know I could when I was younger. That's why I buy games and movie new now to make up for it

I feel bad as I never paid for Diablo and Roller Coaster Tycoon and they were some of my most favorite games of all time.