Piracy: How would you stop it?

[Entitled]

Criminal penalties.

Also I'd find the folks at SKIRDROW, ReLOADED, noSTEAM and Finity and hire them to create DRM, since they're the ones cracking it in the first place.

Cracking doesn't work like the Hollywood version of hacking.

DRM didn't just fail because some ragtag group of genius cyber-ninjas outwitted the corporations' cyber-samurai in a duel of coding, but because DRM is an inherently flawed concept. Computers are entirely based around copying data, while DRM can only stop a particular pathway to copying. It's like building a fence at the edge of the Mariana trench

And the folks you quoted aren't famous because they are the most skilled at it, but only because they are the most devoted and prolific, in other words, the least likely to suck up to "The Man".

 

[fenrizz]

Make sure your product is better than the pirated version.

I reckon Spotify (and similar services) has done more to curb piracy than RIAA and excessive fines ever did.

 

[bartholen_v1legacy]

Make sure your product is better than the pirated version.

I reckon Spotify (and similar services) has done more to curb piracy than RIAA and excessive fines ever did.

This. And make the product just as, or more, easily accessible: break down the idiotic area code system, and just release the thing everywhere at once.

 

[ZippyDSMlee]

Make most of it legal, IE if its not generating revenue its not piracy.

 

[kommando367]

1. I'd stop calling it piracy because sea piracy is awesome.

2. Grab a few proxies and DDoS all the Torrent sites.

 

[Treblaine]

you are an information thief

then you say

Anyone of real substance... discusses it like an adult not start calling names

Your last post was so bad the moderators gave you a warning for it.

And yes, you don't seem to realise how effective satire and ridicule are at defeating cruel ideologies that hope to get anywhere by draconian over-reactions.

You think information theft is a joke?

Yes, I think that it's fucking hilarious you think I am stealing your information because I copied it, as if it's a zero-sum change. And only made worse by how you think it should be treated, with long prison sentences.

If you want to discuss the legitimacy of legally enforced monopolies of information, then you might be getting somewhere.

P.S: If you want anyone to take you seriously I suggest you quote whoever you are poorly attempting to tease properly ("cyber thieves are among the worst kind of peopl"). It's people not peopl.

Truly a master debater we have here. He pointed out a typo! That must mean I'm an idiot! HERp a Derf!

Saying someone is an information thief is an accusation not petty name calling, like calling someone a corporate whore is.

Mods gave me a warning for indirectly insulting you for only being able to defend yourself via memes..... guess the mods must like just meme's. Plus you called me a "corporate whore" I think they may have just forgotten that.

I thought satire needed to be funny to aid getting its point across? If you disagree people will respect you more for having a sensible conversation, like I tried to do before you decided to post pictures to cover for your inability to have a debate.

The honestly quite sad "theft" of my information was something you dreamed up and are obviously very proud of. I was talking about the whole issue not you quoting me three times, you can do that as much as you like.

Getting the quote right is just basic stuff especially when you are trying to be rude to someone, when implying someone is being stupid you cant get it wrong yourself, otherwise people will appreciate the irony. To be honest you are the one who needs to deal with it. I have a different opinion to you and all the other adults can see that, you don't have to plumb the depths of immaturity to get a point across.

I never called you a corporate whore, I just said they (whoever they may be) should be ridiculed then ignored. How dare you suggest I was directly referring to a fellow forum user.

Are you willingly identifying with this label that I merely mentioned in a passing post-script comment?

having a sensible conversation, like I tried to do...

after you said this:

6 month Prison sentences for anyone who tries to pirate media or steal anything digitally.

Oh, how did that gif end up there? Anyway, ignore it, it's just a silly trolldance.

To be honest you are the one who needs to deal with it.

 

[floppylobster]

ACCESSIBLY
- Make everything as easy to buy and as accessible as possible (everything released worldwide on day one etc).

PRICE
- Sell everything at a reasonable cost. Corporations are fond of putting out press releases saying things like '100 billion lost to pirates'. Well if those figures are really true, then half your selling price. Get half those 'lost sales' back and, with those honest buyers, you should be making enough to get by with 50 billion.

CUSTOMER SERVICE
- Don't just put your product out there and hope to milk it to death. Work hard for what you create, look after it, and look after your customers. In return they will appreciate what you do and will want to give you their business. I don't have any figures to back me up but I'd be willing to bet less people pirate Valve over someone like Activision. Because Valve have started, and kept open, a relationship with their customers.

QUALITY
- Create something that people want to own - That makes them feel the item itself holds value. I paid for a lot of old Nintendo games because back in the day they took the extra effort to print colour manuals with nice boxes (over Sega who just started printing almost black and white photocopies manuals in crappy plastic boxes). These days I collect Game & Watch machines. Why? Because they're quality. You can feel it when you hold one, you can sense the effort that has gone in to making it. It still holds value for years later, and sometimes even increases. Mass producing a game on a CD with not even an instruction book is not something people feel the need to pay full price for.