I don't have a magical device. And I don't think piracy will ever be stopped. Don't think I ever claimed otherwise. And how rigorous can Apple's DRM be if in that blog he describes the process as taking 5 minutes, and being easier to get a a pirated app into the iPhone than it is to get a legitimate one? As for a possible…
Piracy could be reduced if we had police for the internet, closing all the important warez sites and jailing too many bastards... but we all know we all like to have some things for free, like the apps for learning. What happens with the app store and the level of piracy for the iphone is incredible. That is a perfect…
What basicly really freaks me out is when a person that clearly has the money to buy all the titles he wants to play refuses to spend the money. Said person pirated in his earlier years as a student. And besides talking with him about the issue I always thought that he would stop when he finally gets his wellpaid job. But…
I don't want to get into this, and pretty much everything I would want to say has been said. I just wanted to say I agree with Bigjohn on pretty much everything. Its nice to see some forward thinking. Alot of what you have said reminded me of valves stance on piracy. I think it was Gabe that was quoted as stating that they…
"I'm not a pirate, I'm just a preemptive nautical salvage expert!" Seriously though, the whole orange simile and the whole "I wouldnt have bought it anyway" argument is complete and utter bull. First of all, games arent an essential foodstuff we would all benefit from having the ability to clone indefinitely. Secondly,…
Exactly my point. And that would be a good thing, because people wouldn't have to starve to death. Exactly. If you paid for it, and then decided to give it away for free, I don't believe that I have further claim to it. I wouldn't feel robbed, no. That I would have "lost the opportunity of getting paid" argument is pure…
Really? So then what's stopping blizzard from selling Starcraft2 directly to the players? They could just say to hell with retailers, cut them out of the loop, and sell their games on their websites. It's not the retail establishment. It's the people above blizzard that just wouldn't want to see that happen. And for that…
Yeah, I respect that. Each has their own opinions on these things. From my point of view, it seems to me like the entertainment industry scored so many wins, and are playing the victim so much, that we're all falling into it and buying into the notion that they're the poor guy, and that pirates are hardened criminals. But…
While I haven't read the 9 other pages, I have a little comment on the point that GarageBay makes with the following sentence: "This is why I have a had time blaming UbiSoft for using StarForce, this is why infinity ward gave PC gamers a giant motherucking middle finger and neutered their star product" My opinion is what…
You might find it interesting to note that Bram Cohen, the creator of Bittorrent also worked on the original version of steam for Half-Life 2s release. So in some ways your actually right about that. Im also going to agree with you that selling (not copying though) used games is the right of whoever owns that particular…