RE: Thoughts on torrent sites
October 3, 2014 at 5:22 am
(This post was last modified: October 3, 2014 at 5:25 am by One Above All.)
Piracy is stealing like making a copy of a famous painting is stealing.
The most often used argument is that revenue is being "lost". It's not. Most people don't have limitless funds at their disposal to buy every game for every platform in existence. Shocking, I know, but most people are not millionaires, or even what anyone would consider rich. When's the last time you heard someone say "This new game came out, but I can only run it at 59 fps. Gotta buy a new computer"?
Another argument is the one pointed out by Chas: "theft of intellectual property". This is also not the case. You're not claiming the game as your own. You're not selling it as your own. You just bought it and made copies. Going back to the comparison in the first line of my post: is making a copy of a famous painting "stealing"? If so, I bought stolen artwork in Holland, brought it home (I'm not just a thief; I'm an art trafficker!), and hung it on the walls of my bedroom. Better call the police.
The most often used argument is that revenue is being "lost". It's not. Most people don't have limitless funds at their disposal to buy every game for every platform in existence. Shocking, I know, but most people are not millionaires, or even what anyone would consider rich. When's the last time you heard someone say "This new game came out, but I can only run it at 59 fps. Gotta buy a new computer"?
Another argument is the one pointed out by Chas: "theft of intellectual property". This is also not the case. You're not claiming the game as your own. You're not selling it as your own. You just bought it and made copies. Going back to the comparison in the first line of my post: is making a copy of a famous painting "stealing"? If so, I bought stolen artwork in Holland, brought it home (I'm not just a thief; I'm an art trafficker!), and hung it on the walls of my bedroom. Better call the police.
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