don't copy that floppy
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FrostbayneAucti
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jro said:
Seconded....
Fake accounts are an art form.... Some people just don't get it. If anyone should be banned, it should be Ray Pakus.
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I don't really care anymore. It obviously isn't hurting as much as they say. I mean look at the music industry.
Vincent Volaju
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I don't think it's really a question of "Is piracy right or wrong" so much as people can get things for free so they will.
That said, most software isn't worth half what is being charged for it. I look for an open source alternative where there is one (for stuff other than OSs - I'm just not capable of running linux effectively) and where there isn't it gets a bit grey.
That said, most software isn't worth half what is being charged for it. I look for an open source alternative where there is one (for stuff other than OSs - I'm just not capable of running linux effectively) and where there isn't it gets a bit grey.
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M3h, I don't care - they'll never be able to totally get rid of it anyway.
Personally, I try to support software devs who make interesting and creative games, but as far as the big goons who squash creativity go, well I don't have much sympathy for them.
Personally, I try to support software devs who make interesting and creative games, but as far as the big goons who squash creativity go, well I don't have much sympathy for them.
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syringe said:
There's only one?
Decepticon
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neo>all said:
yea great security, it was cracked before Windows XP hit the shelves.
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I consider myself a civilised member of society and in a civilised world you do not steal, if everybody steals things then the economy collapses because our whole world is based on exchanging cash for goods, if the goods go out somehow without recieving the money then the system gets broken.
It's principle, if you knowingly do these things and dont feel somehow guilty you're uneducated or lack morals(or both).
If people get caught they'll be made an example of, i personally wouldnt want to risk losing 5 years of my life spent locked up screaming for help when my anus is red raw and filled with my cell 'mates' love juice.
It's principle, if you knowingly do these things and dont feel somehow guilty you're uneducated or lack morals(or both).
If people get caught they'll be made an example of, i personally wouldnt want to risk losing 5 years of my life spent locked up screaming for help when my anus is red raw and filled with my cell 'mates' love juice.
Vincent Volaju
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If more people were actually punished for it I'm sure it would decline. People now think they can do whatever they want because they basically aren't told any different.
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If Microsoft didn't put out the same fuckin office software suite every two years with some updated graphics to make it look new and still have the balls to charge $350 for it, I may be more inclined to buy newer software.
If you cant afford it - you dont get to have it. Its as simple as that in my opinion.
Just because you say you can't afford a videogame dosen't give you the right (or excuse) to go and copy it.
You arn't allowed to steal cars just because you cant afford one.
You arnt allowed to nick an expensive telly just because you cant afford one.
And the same applies to videogames, music and everything else.
The only reason people seem fine with pirating stuff is because they see it as a 'victimless' crime - in that they arn't physically stealing something, just making a copy of it. But you are still doing the videogames industry out of money it rightfully deserves, and could use towards.......making better games.
Oh and that bollocks about games not being worth £40 (or $50) just dosent wash.
£40 for 20-ish hours of entertainment is better than any DVD, and better than going to the cinema, so you are getting your moneys worth.
Just because you say you can't afford a videogame dosen't give you the right (or excuse) to go and copy it.
You arn't allowed to steal cars just because you cant afford one.
You arnt allowed to nick an expensive telly just because you cant afford one.
And the same applies to videogames, music and everything else.
The only reason people seem fine with pirating stuff is because they see it as a 'victimless' crime - in that they arn't physically stealing something, just making a copy of it. But you are still doing the videogames industry out of money it rightfully deserves, and could use towards.......making better games.
Oh and that bollocks about games not being worth £40 (or $50) just dosent wash.
£40 for 20-ish hours of entertainment is better than any DVD, and better than going to the cinema, so you are getting your moneys worth.
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Well I buy games from devs I like...and I don't from devs I dislike, so no need to pirate anything 
But MAME is wonderful to try out new games, gives you more experience so you have higher standards. I've probably bought more games as a result of having it
But MAME is wonderful to try out new games, gives you more experience so you have higher standards. I've probably bought more games as a result of having it
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toy_brain said:
Ok Pirate A wants the newest Windows but refuses to buy it and is considering Linux (so no money made for MS)
Pirate B gives A hisoriginal XP cd and A copies and uses it
If Pirate A never intended to purchase said software to begin with then tell me how the company is out a sale?
(and for the record in 4 years I have bought windows XP thrice)
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Actually pirating software is not victimless because in many cases the money people spend buying cheap pirate copy dvd's,cd's and video games is spent on drugs and guns and supports harder criminals.
Just remember that buying illegal software often goes in the pockets of people who do make other people victims in some way.
Sometimes it is just the odd few people making money for themselves, their only crime is what they do and to support such a thing is equally bad because the people who suffer are the consumer of genuine products because they have to pay more,the prices may not go up but pirate software means it'll never go down either,and above all if everyone did it there would be no films, music or games or software, i mean think: someone has to pay for the genuine product or those products will simply not exist, people do not spend time making these things to not get paid.
Just remember that buying illegal software often goes in the pockets of people who do make other people victims in some way.
Sometimes it is just the odd few people making money for themselves, their only crime is what they do and to support such a thing is equally bad because the people who suffer are the consumer of genuine products because they have to pay more,the prices may not go up but pirate software means it'll never go down either,and above all if everyone did it there would be no films, music or games or software, i mean think: someone has to pay for the genuine product or those products will simply not exist, people do not spend time making these things to not get paid.
There is no 'refuse to buy' here, there is only 'knows he can get it for nowt so dosent want to buy'.Decepticon said:
The only reason Pirate A never intended to purchase windows is because he knew he could get it for free. Had he actually have been forced into going the Linux route (and I have no idea how user friendly/unfriendly installing and using Linus is) he may have decided it wasn't for him and bought Windows anyway.
You just never know.
Pirates often make the claim of "Yea but I would never have paid any money for it anyway", this is possibly one of their most annoying arguments because its obvious that, if you are using the software you clearly wanted it, and if you want it you would be willing to pay for it.
