Poll: When do you pirate?
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Some things are just hard to find, even on eBay, so I download them. And I'm also not very rich, and new games here are at least $100 each, so me or my bro might download something and then buy it later if its any good. Same goes for movies and music. If I can find it in a shop or online for the right price then I will buy it. But sometimes things are just too hard to find or too expensive.
I do have cracks/no-cds for alot of my games though because I really hate having to put a CD in or login to some online thingie just to play a game. I don't think that counts as pirating though.
I do have cracks/no-cds for alot of my games though because I really hate having to put a CD in or login to some online thingie just to play a game. I don't think that counts as pirating though.
I like to pirate around the summer, more wind for the sails and it's easier to pull off the eyepatch look, yarrr harrr fiddle dee dee.
I pirate games when they don't have demos, I want to get a idea on if my PC can run it. If the game has DRM, I'll pirate that after I bought the game so I'm not dumping their crappy software on my PC.
Farcry 2 for example has limited installs that monitors your hardware, this uses up processes making your PC slower even when the game ISN'T running. Not installing that crap on my PC.
Farcry 2 for example has limited installs that monitors your hardware, this uses up processes making your PC slower even when the game ISN'T running. Not installing that crap on my PC.
I will only pirate under two cases:
>The item I want is very rare and hard to find.
>I want to trial out the product before committing any money to it.
If it's just to get free stuff, then I don't really condone it.
Oh, and one case, I had to pirate the install 1 CD of Max Payne 2, because I lost my legitimate disc.
>The item I want is very rare and hard to find.
>I want to trial out the product before committing any money to it.
If it's just to get free stuff, then I don't really condone it.
Oh, and one case, I had to pirate the install 1 CD of Max Payne 2, because I lost my legitimate disc.
Pirating is bad m'kay.
Although I do torrent open source things and creative commons media (like Night of the Living Dead!).
I have re-downloaded my games when I had the keycode and my disk broke/was unreadable. But that's about it.
Although I do torrent open source things and creative commons media (like Night of the Living Dead!).
I have re-downloaded my games when I had the keycode and my disk broke/was unreadable. But that's about it.
I'll admit to pirating the occasional DVD in the past, but learned my lesson when they turned out crap and I found I can get cheap pre-owned legitimate copies from places like CEX, including the special features and stuff that you don't get on pirated stuff. As it is, I've never pirated a game, simply because I'm honest, and that's all there is to it.
EDIT: Actually, I did also pirate music, but not any more thanks to the cheapness of the aforementioned CEX and also great websites like Last.fm...
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EDIT: Actually, I did also pirate music, but not any more thanks to the cheapness of the aforementioned CEX and also great websites like Last.fm...
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Whenever I damn well please, especially when it's too expensive. 60$ for a season of The Sopranos? I think not, you greedy pricks.
I see nothing wrong with it, either. I download movies and CDs that I would never purchase otherwise. It's not as if they're losing any business.
I see nothing wrong with it, either. I download movies and CDs that I would never purchase otherwise. It's not as if they're losing any business.
I don't pirate games but I often download music. If I like it (which I usually do) then I will go and buy it. If I don't like it then I'll delete it because there's no point in me having it. I see no problem with this.
Well technically, I have never pirated, but my brother has. And that was when the copy of Half-Life that we borrowed from our cousins didn't want to install properly on our computer.
I don't know if that makes it "justified" in any way, but that is the dirty truth.
I don't know if that makes it "justified" in any way, but that is the dirty truth.
When there is no other way of getting the product? It's not like I don't want to buy whatever it may be. A film, a record or a book. If there is no commercial value left for who released it in the first place.
Sometimes I get the feeling people don't want to make money of their products if there is a "demand".
If the option is to 1.) Wait for a remake and/or a re-release. 2.) Buy a secondhand game for a small fortune or 3.) Download it from some torrent. I might consider option three.
Let me give you an example.
A band (whom I'm not going to mention, as they are well kept secret) released a record for about 24 years ago. Today it's out of print. They relased three albums in the 80's. The first was re-released in 08, and the third was released again 07' I believe. However their second and best album was somehow forgotten. I searched and searched without any means of getting through a legal channel. The alternatives where to pay for a used copy. The price you wonder? Over 100£(no joke). OR... download the album from a filesharing site.
I dislike pirates, but sometimes, even I consider downloading stuff, even tho I would open my wallet without question if that was an option.
Sometimes I get the feeling people don't want to make money of their products if there is a "demand".
If the option is to 1.) Wait for a remake and/or a re-release. 2.) Buy a secondhand game for a small fortune or 3.) Download it from some torrent. I might consider option three.
Let me give you an example.
A band (whom I'm not going to mention, as they are well kept secret) released a record for about 24 years ago. Today it's out of print. They relased three albums in the 80's. The first was re-released in 08, and the third was released again 07' I believe. However their second and best album was somehow forgotten. I searched and searched without any means of getting through a legal channel. The alternatives where to pay for a used copy. The price you wonder? Over 100£(no joke). OR... download the album from a filesharing site.
I dislike pirates, but sometimes, even I consider downloading stuff, even tho I would open my wallet without question if that was an option.
