Why do you pirate?

[Issac]

I pirate because of several reasons, but honestly I think that they are pure bullshit! (the reasons I mean)

1: I'm cheap... I don't want to pay for a lot of things cause I don't have much money to spend on games.
2: I wanna try before I buy, but it is only for "Oh I think this will be awsuuuuuuum, but reviews say it's shit"-games.
3: I want to test something and I don't want to pay full price for it for just testing it out, for example: cuebase audio software: it's freaking expensive!! and all I wanna do is try to mix a song or two, maybe record a song... but I suck at it all so I just do it for giggles... not worth spending $2k or what it is...

another one of the third one is for example crysis... I want to download it to test my new computer.... I don't want the game, not interested at all... just want to see how high I can push the settings.

4: TV series... well, they're aired on TV... and they are aired on a time when I'm still in school sometimes, so I don't see how downloading that peticular episode would hurt... or an japanese anime that isn't even translated to english (officially that is)

 

[Sychophantom]

With DS games, I definitely try before I buy. If I like it, I buy it when I find it cheap.
Same with PSP games, too.

I don't bother with 360/PS3 piracy. And the only other things I really download are TV episodes, and that's because Tivo or DVR service is only useful at home, and I work a lot.

 

[Christopher8827]

I pirate to try the game. If it is good - I buy it to support the developers.

Seriously, Nintendo has so much shovelware on its platforms. I remember buying loads of GBA games and almost 3/4 were crap.

What I don't like is when people buy flashcarts to rampantly pirate games. Plus - its morally wrong to pirate when its stealing.

 

[chrisman01]

You people DO realize that you're admitting you're pirates, right? If someone from M$ or another company found this site, then found this thread... Kiss your lives goodbye, basically

IF I was to pirate games and apps, it would be because I live too far away from civilization to make the trip worth it, and since I'm going to college I have literally NO extra money

[edited for: spelling]

 

[DarkCrudus]

its so easy to do these days.
for the ds - go to new egg buy a 8gb for cheap. DX for your flashcart, use google and type nds roms taa daa ya got game
wii is more complicated but again use google get a mod chip, go to a store use the $50 you were gonna use for a game n buy dvds. then just dl burn and play
360 was a lil hard too but google it up, go get dvds and if you have a drive thatll dump your own 360 games, start renting, dump, burn, play

 

[Issac]

pirating is not stealing.
pirating is copying, not stealing.
I hate all those commercials in the beginning of dvd's where they compare copying a movie with stealing a car.
I think it's wrong to pirate stuff, though I do it myself all the time, just not to an extreme content, but it's wrong to call it stealing.

EDIT

Chrisman: It doesn't matter if we admit here that we're pirating, if we are... I could say I shot JFK here as well... I'm not sure, but I don't think a forum post is eligable (spelling?) in a lawsuit...

 

[chrisman01]

Chrisman: It doesn't matter if we admit here that we're pirating, if we are... I could say I shot JFK here as well... I'm not sure, but I don't think a forum post is eligable (spelling?) in a lawsuit...

It's true that one post doesn't give them enough evidence to sue you, but it DOES give them a reason to get a warrent and search your computer. THAT is how they get enough evidence to sue.

Even if you delete a file and empty the recycle bin, that file can still be found on your hard drive using special programs. You'd have to format your hard drive multiple times to completely overwrite the evidence.

 

[ZAFDeltaForce]

Cuz I'm broke as hell, lol.

I'm with this man.

 

[Maktub]

You people DO realize that you're admitting you're pirates, right? If someone from M$ or another company found this site, then found this thread... Kiss your lives goodbye, basically

IF I was to pirate games and apps, it would be because I live too far away from civilization to make the trip worth it, and since I'm going to college I have literally NO extra money

[edited for: spelling]

What are they gonna do? Get into my home by exploding the door with plastic explosive, using modern siege weapons and then it'll all be smoke and SWAT agents coming through the threshold saying "DON'T MOVE!!!!"?

Do you think Microsoft, Nintendo, etc., are not conscious of the existence of sites like this? In fact, that's why GBATemp doesn't host OR support rom hosting anymore. And they're not responsible for the forum users' opinions, either, so...

 

[Sephi]

don't have money, and it's easier to get anime and movies and all that through usenet and torrents.

 

[Deleted User]

Because its the smart thing to do...

Seriously, why the fuck else. Well, unless you wanna import games quicker.

 

[Masterchamber]

games 2 expensive rip off

get any games i want

 

[idklol]

for teh lulz

Boredom, really. I collect things I pirate, even if I never use them.

 

[SirAileron]

Because I don't have enough money to fund my endless research.

I do buy games I find worthy of my money, though. Other than that, everything's just food for when I myself start making games.

There's a lot of research to be done.

 

[Fatboy12345236]

$40 for a DS game! Theres like 10 DS Games I can list that r good! OMG! Besides if Nintendo make sum gg's i might decide 2 surport the makers so do lots of other ppl!

gg = worth buyin
bg = download 4 sum reson and never play again LOL

 

[YayMii]

I hate all those commercials in the beginning of dvd's where they compare copying a movie with stealing a car.
I think it's wrong to pirate stuff, though I do it myself all the time, just not to an extreme content, but it's wrong to call it stealing.

I saw this spoof somewhere about those commercials, thought it was funny, so here it is:

But it turns out, you actually can download a car. Mitsubishi had a promotion about downloading a Mitsubishi Colt:
Promotion Info
You would download images of parts of the car from torrents, about 30 files in all, spread throughout hundreds of websites,
then you print out the parts, and assemble the car. The first to download all the parts and assemble the car, received a brand new Mitsubishi Colt.

 

[Ferrariman]

It's motherfucking free.

 

[jazvdb]

Still under parents control >.> ( You have no idea)

So yeah, free stuff

 

[Nonuser]

To enjoy what's already available.

 

[rbug2006]

I don't pirate. I think, IN MY OWN OPINION, that it is stealing. Now, that being said, the universal logs can not be deleted. This means that someone, somewhere, has a log. FBI, CIA, stuff like that. They know exactly what you download. This is the reason that threats against the President, even just jokes about killing him is taken very seriously. Here is an example of the universal logs.

A man is serious about killing the Pres. He emails his buddy and scopes out a plan. Then they both delete the Email and the logs. Guess what? Universal logs can track back for years. The Government catches on and arrests the men. Though there was no PHYSICAL evidence, they were still caught.

Me? I at least set my bar-of-standards higher than any pirating thief.

I can't stop you, but I can warn you. There may be members of this site that are with the FBI. You can never know.