Your Opinions on Piracy?

Gameboyandwatch · May 31, 2016

Davidosky99 said:
you aren't even close to me. I have the entire nes, snes, n64 gb, gba and gbc(EUR) and some wii and gc isos, as well as 120+ cias distributed in 2 HDD's
And I'm not even close to afraid

What would happen if he told the cops I emulate? I usually stay hush hush about that because he said he'd block me on skype if I kept emulating.

DinohScene · May 31, 2016

I still stand by me point.
Anyone that doesn't know shit about patching/hacking etc shouldn't pirate.
Then again, it's a bad habit.

Gameboyandwatch · May 31, 2016

DinohScene said:
I still stand by me point.
Anyone that doesn't know shit about patching/hacking etc shouldn't pirate.
Then again, it's a bad habit.

ITS HARD TO STOP PIRATING

Davidosky99 · May 31, 2016

Gameboyandwatch said:
ITS HARD TO STOP PIRATING

it's only the best thing ever.

Gameboyandwatch said:
What would happen if he told the cops I emulate? I usually stay hush hush about that because he said he'd block me on skype if I kept emulating.

lol just ignore him, he's a bad "friend" and IF he told the cops either them would think that the kid was insane, they woudn't give a shit or in the worst case if they took the bait, just hard delete the files(delete overwriting them(with special software)). But don't worry, your friend is probabily just a jackass that just wants to mess with you

guisadop · May 31, 2016

I don't think it's right and that everybody should do so, but the developers loses almost nothing when people pirate, cause most people who pirate probably wouldn't buy or be able to afford the product anyways. It's good to buy stuff though.

Redhorse · May 31, 2016

RevPokemon said:
There are a lot of posts on this and varying opinions.

Myself I believe that media should be free and available to everyone so it can be enjoyed by all people regardless of their financial status or ability to buy it.

Knowledge to the people is power

I'm not attacking anyone just being the devils advocate and showing there are more than one side to all issues.
..
So if you create a video game that takes dozens even hundreds of hours to make, you're ok with not being paid for your work? Bills must be paid; electric, rent, distribution... who will pay yours if you are not paid for your work?

Knowledge is only POTENTIAL power, if it's not used it is useless. Now Knowledge WITH action is power. Action without knowledge is (... much of the net)

Fin

cooroxd · May 31, 2016

The Catboy · May 31, 2016

I know the damages it can do, but at the same time it's only something I do when I know I can't afford to buy the game. Once I get the money to buy it, I go out and buy it new or through digital download.
I am indifferent about it.

Deleted member 333767 · May 31, 2016

I pirate everything, music, movies, TV shows, eBooks and of course, games.

When it comes to 3DS games though, i tend to consider myself as an "ethical pirate." That is, if i put more than 30 hours into a game, I'll actually physically walk into a shop and buy it, even if it ends up sitting in a cupboard unopened and still sealed.

I don't buy into the claptrap of "piracy kills game studios/consoles/developers/profits blah blah*

Even during the heyday of DS piracy, i was the only person i was aware of who actually new what a flash card and a .nds file was...

Kourin · Jun 1, 2016

Piracy is wrong no matter how you look at, I pirate myself and I'm not going to make up a bunch of excuses as to why I do. It's easy, fast and doesn't cost anything. I don't like seeing people making up a million excuses.

I don't think piracy is directly killing anything though. For instance, a lot of games I pirate are games I wouldn't have bought either way. Games I could live without playing. They haven't lost a sale from me when I wouldn't have bought the game anyway. It's doing damage, yes, but not doing as much damage as people think.

The only exception to piracy being wrong is the sale of old games. Anything that you can't obtain first hard due to it not being sold anymore shouldn't be wrong. You've technically screwed a company out of a sale anyway if you're buying second hand.

RevPokemon · Jun 4, 2016

syfyTy said:
I'm not attacking anyone just being the devils advocate and showing there are more than one side to all issues.
..
So if you create a video game that takes dozens even hundreds of hours to make, you're ok with not being paid for your work? Bills must be paid; electric, rent, distribution... who will pay yours if you are not paid for your work?

Knowledge is only POTENTIAL power, if it's not used it is useless. Now Knowledge WITH action is power. Action without knowledge is (... much of the net)

Fin

That was such an old post that I forgot about it.

Anyway I guess it is because I believe that more or less people have a certain right per sey to knowledge and that it should be protected. When it comes to video games i feel that we generally do not view them in the same light in terms of the knowledge that can be gained but it can happen. A great example would be in terms of the study of culture which video games have had some affected on. Granted I do know that most of the time you do not pirate for educational purposes then again it has happened.

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Kourin said:
The only exception to piracy being wrong is the sale of old games. Anything that you can't obtain first hard due to it not being sold anymore shouldn't be wrong. You've technically screwed a company out of a sale anyway if you're buying second hand.

As an honest question (I am not trying to sound mean) but in that understanding is it ok to pirate a game that is able to buy via say PSN or Virtual Console? Reason is many old games that are popular to pirate are also on VC and what not.

Gameboyandwatch · Jun 8, 2016

My friend just blocked me for emulating o-o

Davidosky99 · Jun 8, 2016

Gameboyandwatch said:
My friend just blocked me for emulating o-o

as i said b4, just ignore him, he's a whiny dick

cooroxd · Jun 8, 2016

Gameboyandwatch said:
My friend just blocked me for emulating o-o

Some 'friend' he turned out to be. Good riddance

Issac · Jun 9, 2016

I have stepped down my gaming piracy quite a bit. A lot of it thanks to steam. I can barely remember the last time I pirated a PC game, because I have so many games to play through really cheap sales or bundles.
I hacked my Wii, but I didn't have anything good to store my games on so I tried three games out, and then I got a Wii U. And the Wii U is too much of a hassle for me to hack. I just keep it updated and buy the games I want.
The 3DS and DS on the other hand, I still pirate. Only because I'm cheap. (I have ~15 store bought 3ds games though, ~20 DS games).

Music, I do pirate it. Several reasons.
1: I want to listen to something that I'm not sure I'll like. (Spotify works for this too).
2: I have the vinyl, and want a digital copy. Most of the time, there are MP3 download codes... but I want FLAC files. That's the main reason I pirate music (that I bought)

Movies, Series, Anime: Movies if they're hard to come by legally. Otherwise I'll rent or buy movies. Series that I REALLY like, I'll buy box sets (Twin Peaks, X-Files). Fast food series like The Big Bang Theory is "download, watch, and throw away", and I could just wait a few weeks or a month to catch the episodes on TV, but the subtitles are often worthless and I like the convenience to watch it whenever I have time and not stick to some TV schedule.
When it comes to Anime though, I download most of it. I have a few box sets, and movies of course. But series are too hard to come by here, because either it's super expensive box sets with half a season each for $half a soul, or even more expensive American imports that are incompatible with my blu-ray / dvd players... or just not available at all.

But what do I think of piracy? I think it's wrong.
I have no right what so ever to download shit and enjoy it for free.

The only thing I feel is alright is when I download digital files of records I've bought. (Because I can get FLAC files from my CDs, but not from my Vinyls (without ripping the vinyl, which is a pain in the ass).
And the TV series that is currently playing on TV here, if I miss an episode or just want to watch it not glued to the TV at a certain time of the day. Those are OK in my opinion.

The rest is bullshit, but I won't claim I'm not guilty. Because I am. I'm poor, and I want to play more games than I can afford. So I pirate. If it's something I really like, I try to buy myself a physical copy whenever I can.

Gameboyandwatch · Jun 9, 2016

cooroxd said:
Some 'friend' he turned out to be. Good riddance

The funny thing is that he pirates music and tv shows :rofl2:

Davidosky99 · Jun 9, 2016

Gameboyandwatch said:
The funny thing is that he pirates music and tv shows

damn hypocrite

Gameboyandwatch · Jun 9, 2016

Davidosky99 said:
damn hypocrite

But remember, if it's from youtube, it's okay because it's not piratebay, and it's totally not the same as downloading roms

Davidosky99 · Jun 9, 2016

Gameboyandwatch said:
But remember, if it's from youtube, it's okay because it's not piratebay, and it's totally not the same as downloading roms

it's illegal to download mp3s and mp4s from youtube though as so damages the autors(yeah like if they were damaged anyways)

Temptress Cerise · Jun 9, 2016

My opinion on it is, I don't really care. I buy the games I really want, even if I have to import them. However, I can't say that my family doesn't pirate, received 2 DMCA complaints in the past, so I've setup a pfSense router with a VPN that doesn't care about that with a warrant canary. I only really suffer a 5Mbps/5Mbps hit on my 100Mbps/100Mbps conneection, when having my whole household behind a VPN. Haven't seen a single DMCA notice, and I'm pretty sure my brothers and the rest of my family members continue downloading illegal stuff.

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