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Seece on 11 February 2011
twesterm said:
Khuutra said:
Seece said:

I wish we took a stronger stance against game pirates here, like banning them all. They go without any punishement .. heck even one of our MODS is a proud pirate ... disgusting, doesn't deserve to play video games.

We used to do this - BengaBenga was particularly ruthless on this front - and I don't mind it as an idea. That's no excuse for headlines and articles perverting the dialogue, or people perpetuating ass-backwards sound bites (CARL).

Again: all for banning people who brag about their piracy. That's fine. But we should be clear and distinct that we're talking about copyright infringement and not theft.

Oh man, when I was mod, I was constantly wanting to ban people that admitted to pirating.  If ioi would have let me I would have an absolute blast in this thread and hand out permabans with no remorse what-so-ever.  I don't really understand why pirates come to a forum dedicated to the thing they're actively trying to destroy anyways.

Yeah, they have absoloutely no shame. It does make you wonder what kind of people they are in real life, they must have no conscience.



 

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Khuutra on 11 February 2011
Carl2291 said:

So me actually posting those videos from Youtube is practically Pirating?

/hangs self.

It's exactly the same, just on a smaller scale and with music rather than games.



Seece on 11 February 2011
ameratsu said:
Machina said:
ameratsu said:
Seece said:

I wish we took a stronger stance against game pirates here, like banning them all. They go without any punishement .. heck even one of our MODS is a proud pirate ... disgusting, doesn't deserve to play video games.


I think we should take a stronger stance against people who use avatars for games they probably aren't very good at.

(the real deal / still something to prove or gtfo)

He has both - http://profile.mygamercard.net/dynosaw

Well he plays a Valve FPS on x360 so that clouds my judgment of his abilites a bit. Still, it seems he does have them so he is pretty good at it. I take back what I said.

Yeah, the Joypad is a total handicap, which means I'm actually better at L4D than you are.



 

Carl on 11 February 2011
Khuutra said:
Carl2291 said:

So me actually posting those videos from Youtube is practically Pirating?

/hangs self.

It's exactly the same, just on a smaller scale and with music rather than games.

So in that case I still have my right to annoy Videogame Pirates and call them thieves?

Would also like to add. I own FFIX and the FFIX OST. So I'm not that evil.



                            

BlueRabbit17 on 11 February 2011

English humor?......... Meh,too obvious



 

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ameratsu on 11 February 2011
Seece said:
ameratsu said:
Machina said:
ameratsu said:
Seece said:

I wish we took a stronger stance against game pirates here, like banning them all. They go without any punishement .. heck even one of our MODS is a proud pirate ... disgusting, doesn't deserve to play video games.


I think we should take a stronger stance against people who use avatars for games they probably aren't very good at.

(the real deal / still something to prove or gtfo)

He has both - http://profile.mygamercard.net/dynosaw

Well he plays a Valve FPS on x360 so that clouds my judgment of his abilites a bit. Still, it seems he does have them so he is pretty good at it. I take back what I said.

Yeah, the Joypad is a total handicap, which means I'm actually better at L4D than you are.

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Khuutra on 11 February 2011
Carl2291 said:
Khuutra said:
Carl2291 said:

So me actually posting those videos from Youtube is practically Pirating?

/hangs self.

It's exactly the same, just on a smaller scale and with music rather than games.

So in that case I still have my right to annoy Videogame Pirates and call them thieves?

Would also like to add. I own FFIX and the FFIX OST. So I'm not that evil.

You do have that right, of course you do, but you need to realize that it is hypocritical for you to do so when you listen to copyright music on Youtube.

If you own your hypocrisy, that's fine. But if you think hypocrisy divests you of those rights, then no, you can't yell at pirates.



DonFerrari on 11 February 2011
Carl2291 said:
Khuutra said:
Carl2291 said:

So me actually posting those videos from Youtube is practically Pirating?

/hangs self.

It's exactly the same, just on a smaller scale and with music rather than games.

So in that case I still have my right to annoy Videogame Pirates and call them thieves?

Would also like to add. I own FFIX and the FFIX OST. So I'm not that evil.


In law you probably will be seem as equal... but in Youtube it's open for the owner of IP to take down content, in p2p they can't,  so in pratical way there are differences as you are more exposed.



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Galaki on 11 February 2011
Carl2291 said:

I own FFIX and the FFIX OST. So I'm not that evil.


No,  you still are just as evil for distribution. Which is a much bigger crime than pirating.



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Chairman-Mao on 11 February 2011
Silver-Tiger said:

No, pirating is NOT stealing:

 

I do not condone piracy, but this whole "Piracy is thief!" is getting on my nerves.


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