MikailCaboose said:
There are points where piracy is...well...good.
An example being Touhou, where even in Japan it's damned impossible to actually get your hands on an actual copy.
Reminds me of my experience the other day trying to buy a copy of a book I wanted, online. Im in Korea at the moment, so I didnt much feel like buying a physical copy, and I recently got an ebook reader anyway so what the hell, might as well try it right?
Ebook site number 1:
Does not have this book as an ebook, only physical copy. Ok, moving on - undeterred as yet.
Ebook site number 2: Only sells books that work with the kindle, unless you illegally strip them of their DRM. I was still feeling law-abiding at this point so, next.
Ebook site number 3:
Does not sell to South Korea. Starting to feel a bit annoyed here.
Ebook site number 3:
Only works with Sonys "Reader". ...... No, really.
Ebook site number 4:
Does not accept credit cards outside the US, despite letting me choose a non-US location when signing up... thanks for the waste of time I guess?
Ebook site number 5: Does not have it.
Ebook site number 6: Fuck you guys, Im going to torrent this shit.
I mean really, ever since Steam became a viable option for getting games, Ive very rarely felt the need to pirate well, almost anything. But even steam sometimes has these retarded location based restrictions (i.e title only sold in some regions), which just... Man, its just shooting yourself in the foot so hard.