Software pirate caught in sting operation

[lilggg]

My good ol college in the news again,so popular
If its not striking then its piracy.

 

[killadoob]

Well strange thing is i do not see movies suffering, records are broken almost monthly.

PC games are dying because the content has become so bad you feel 300 bucks is not worth a game, i mean F you can only kill so many aliens before it becomes dead boring.

Software OMG have you seen how much money they are making? and the music industry is thriving.

Believe me when i tell you if pirating was not around prices would sky rocket, just like any monopoly they would rape us far harder than they do now

 

[icyrus]

Killa, you are dead 100% wrong on that, sorry mate.

Proof?

 

[killadoob]

Killa, you are dead 100% wrong on that, sorry mate.

Prices have come down because hundreds perhaps even thousands of new players entered the market, making it intensely competitive. Yes, the giants (like id) quickly cherry-picked and labelled the best, and thousands of independent game developers now do contract and project work in the industry. Why? Because there's money to me made. When the revenues disappear (as they do with large-scale piracy), so will the developers and the innovators. And we'll get back to old Atari console pricing for cartridge games. This is the Law of Gravity, and there's no escape.

The only reason you have hundreds of thousands new players is because of piracy.

Why do you think they are developing more for console? People are paying 700-1k for games and the pc okes would never pay that for a game.

 

[Moklet Kcuf]

There's a threshold at which it's just not worthwhile doing anything really new or innovative because the returns just aren't worth the risk. Over time, piracy increases the price of the product.

I find it astonishing that so few people realise that undermining IP property rights will kill the goose that lays the golden egg. It all rests ultimately on respect for private property.

blah blah, what about the flipside? There's a view that free sharing of ideas and property contibutes to access, progress and creativity. Locking patents and copyrights has many hinderances and in some cases threatens our lives. Think, medicine patents etc.

Sure, companies need to see a return on their investment. But how much can an entity 'own' something that is distributed into public domain.

Piracy is not killing the goose that laid the golden egg, it's just making it free-range

Want ever-crappier movies, software, music, etc? Pirate away!

Personally I've noticed that the best movies, music and software is increasingly coming from those other than Copyright protective Goliaths.
And just because people commit piracy doesn't mean they are excluded consumers of what they are taking. They still go to the movies, buy music etc. But if businesses or organisations dont understand these dynamics and stick to the moral high ground, they'll surely be meeting their slow demise.

 

[porchrat]

Piracy is not killing the goose that laid the golden egg, it's just making it free-range

That is an awesome quote. I am soooooo pirating that.

Jeez it is only Tuesday and I'm already talking like this, not looking good for the rest of the work week.

 

[killadoob]

I go the movies all the time, i see so many movies it is actually annoying because i have everything on dstv hahaha.

Buying music makes me feel dirty, 150 bucks gone for 2 good songs