Heres one… I pirated 3ds max since i needed to be able to convert to .max format, which you can only do if you own max.
i dont even know what its worth, but there was no way i was paying $2-3k for a simple conversion program.
I pirated Lightwave 3D simply so i wouldnt have to have that stupid dongle plugged in.
It’s not about them, it’s about you. You’re a thief. No better than a shoplifter. I’d love it if you got prosecuted.
If a game developer takes measures that make their product not worth buying, write to the developer and let them know why they’re not getting your business.
Why do pirates pirate?
Because yar what yar! Yarrr!
I’m so sorry.
And this is why its so easy to completely tune out people who say pirating is wrong. I guess people who break the speed limit are just as bad as drunk drivers in your world right? and pot smokers are no better than someone selling crack to kids i bet.
Did I miss this one?
When I make a copy of some music or a movie or some software I’m not “stealing” it because the owner still has whatever they started with. Heck, I could even say I’m helping that artist … all my friends will see just how cool the artist is because of me (not that I believe any of this.)
Really, I think we need a new word for what is going on here. When I made a copy of my favorite Yanni tunes from 8-track onto a CD, this is not the same as breaking into his house and stealing the original masters of the songs. I’m not “stealing”, I’m producting another copy that in no material way takes away from anyone else.
Another reason. When I buy blank media, doesn’t a percentage of the money go to the recording industry? I thought that was the case once. If so, then I’ve already paid for the copy when I buy a blank tape.
Come, on. Be serious. How could you possibly be helping the artist by taking their music without paying for it, and sharing it with all of your friends so that they can enjoy it without paying for it?
The justifications for this bother me more than the act of piracy does. It isn’t your music. You didn’t pay for it. If the artists felt you were “helping” them by taking their stuff without paying for it (isn’t that one of the definitions of “stealing”?), then they’d have given it to you for free.
Just cowboy up and admit that you like getting stuff for free, even if it hurts other people. Don’t make up tortured rationalizations and try to convince people that it’s not harmful, or even that it’s helpful.
(NOTE: I’m using the generic “you” here, not referring specifically to Shiftless who already said “Not that I believe any of this”)
That’s different, and I agree with you. You’ve already paid for the Yanni music. It’s like having an old book rebound. You’re just continuing to enjoy it yourself through different equipment. That’s not like getting bootleg copies of music you’ve never purchased.
Are you one of the ten remaining people that puts your bootleg music on music CDs? If so, something in the back of my mind says that a tiny percentage of the price you paid for the CD goes to the recording industry and never makes it to the artists you’re ripping off.
But the vast majority of people are listening to their pirated music on computers or MP3 players, and none of that money goes to the recording industry or the artists.
This sounds like the “digital data should be free” argument.
Even the “information should be free” people don’t claim that their helping the artist. They’re about helping themselves.
The videogame business, like the movie business, is a hit-driven industry. The profits from the blockbusters help cover the losses from flops.
I was thinking of posting something like that, but I was afraid of getting spanked. My version: No one knows why pirates become pirates- they just arrrr!
Nobody wants to take on the “the technologies and structures built by piracy are the same structures that can guarantee free and safe access to the internet in cases where it is restricted (e.g. by the government) and should be used in order to support their evolution and upkeep” argument?
Are you talking about hackers? The White Hats, the Grey Hats, The Black Hats, etc? Interesting topic. To what extent does hacking correspond with piracy?
That’s an almost-impossible question to answer because there is no standard accepted definition of “hacking.”
Hackers (in the original non-criminal sense) basically built the Internet. The bulk of the open source software out there was developed by hackers. The tools they’ve developed are absolutely what even sven said. I could go on forever.
Unfortunately, crackers, thieves, hoaxers, frauds, scammers, spammers, phishers, and other various lowlifes have usurped the term, and the media call them all hackers now. To the New York Times, pirates are hackers, so there’s a 100% correspondence.