make entertainment government subsidized, and raise taxes? :P i wonder if the 30% buy, 70% pirate figure is the norm. in that puzzle tap game there was 70% freeloaders on the scoreboards, and in minecraft there's also 70% freeloaders. if this figure holds true for the general population, that 70% of the population are…
Likewise, the same tactic was used for Titan Quest where cracking the game would break the quests, causing the game to crash. Result? Pirates have spread the bad word and many would-be buyers avoided the game expecting a bugfest. Whatever you do to counter pirates don't try to harm them or they will bite you back. If you…
So much of this thread consists of people saying "It's illegal so it's wrong" but what a lawmaker says about piracy does not necessarily reflect the morality of the situation. It's a massive grey area; and while I do not agree with most forms of piracy, I can understand why so many people do it. There are many instances…
Kids these days... Pirating is a real problem, and it bothers me to no end to think about how each year the new generation of gamers are developing this attitude of entitlement towards free software. It's a bad habit that gets reinforced with every free download. But no amount of idealism is going to change the world, stop…