Guest said:
"Why pay for only the games you like, and steal the rest?."
Its not stealing. It is copyright infringement. There is a difference whether you believe so or not.
"Why use being busted for stealing a few games as an excuse to steal all of them?."
Why not, it is a good as any excuse.
"I swear, you people are morons. This is peoples lives your messing with. Developers have staff who work tirelessly, sometimes 60 hours a week or worse. Maybe a dozen employees, or maybe hundreds. All of them have wives and children. Utility bills and doctor bills, morgtages and car payments, just like you. (Well, maybe not just like you. Your probably sitting in your parents basement eating goldfish crackers and feeling smug about the "free" stuff you download on the net, and pushing the 300 pound mark)."
Developers usually get advances during the project so I highly doubt they are starving. I have yet to see some developer standing by the side of the road with a squeegee and a sign that says "will code for food" That, and the fact that no triple A game maker has went out of business solely because of copyright infringement tends to make me believe your point is doo doo. Although you did a nice job of categorizing all illegal downloaders as 300lbs, goldfish cracker eating, basement dwellers because we all know that is true.*rolls eyes*
"You can't possibly truly believe that this is :
A: Justified, and,
B: doesn't affect the bottom line of these companies."
A) Its a justified as software companies and movie studios using IP addresses to extort people without due process.
B) Really it does not effect their bottom line. If Joe Bob buys a movie at Walmart, copies it, and puts it on a torrent site. The movie studio got paid by Walmart and Walmart got paid by Joe Bob. Just because the movie studio thinks it did not get paid enough for that movie is just greed talking. There no sure fire way to tell that one of those people who downloaded that movie would have actually went and bought that movie. The movie studio may consider it a lost sale, but reality does not.
"Grow up people. If you're going to steal from people, at least have the decency to put your name on it so when the developers strike back, (and they will), they at least know who thinks the fruits of their hard earned labors should be for nothing."
...and yet you post under the name "Guest". If you expect people to say "Hey I downloaded X" and sign their name, then at least take a couple minutes to make an account to post your opinion. This post just sounds like you are some MPAA lackey just spouting propaganda. Do you really think your "boo hoo developers are starving" schtick is going to have any credibility without your name behind it?
"I work in the Motion picture industry, so I know first hand what Piracy does to profit."
Okay..prove it. I doubt you are a script writer though because your sentence structure is just terrible.
"Can one of you ****** tell me what it is that you want?.
I mean aside from free stuff."
World peace, clean water, hookers. If you can't manage them all, forget the first two.
"What do developers need to do to stop you from stealing?."
Illegal downloading and copyright infringement will never be stopped and you are kidding yourself if you think it will be. Generally, when a product is of high quality at a fair price and you have good customer support, people will buy it. Steam is a good example. Netflix is another (although they have been in the pooper lately, Netflix is still a decent deal at 8 bucks for all the movies you care to watch).
"I honestly don't think any one of you "Pirates" has an answer."
See above, I have provided lots of answers. You may or may not agree with them, but they are still answers.
"You are all just too lazy to go get jobs and pay for what it is that you want."
Hmm..this argument is kind of lame since IP addresses from inside Congress and professional sports teams have been caught illegally downloading material. Even addresses within the RIAA have been caught and I am pretty sure most of these people have jobs.
"I guarantee that not a one of you would have the balls to walk out of a Target store with a game disk in your pants. Not a one"
That is a different crime altogether. Also, if you ask any store security team, they will tell you that items are shoplifted on a daily basis, even video games.
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