Okay first to avoid being hammered, i am NOT supporting/promoting/suggesting that anybody shoould pirate. But I have been reading over the Batman AA article on the new DRM measures
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/94524-Arkham-Asylum-Pirates-Get-a-Gimpy-Batman
Also I was reading Experienced Points latest on changing to new forms of DRM. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/experienced-points/6519-Building-a-Better-Kind-of-DRM
What I couldnt understand is the sheer amount of hatred of pirates on the forums. Me personally I dont pirate, but I am VERY against some of the proposed measures worldwide being proposed to stop pirates like censoring certain parts of the web and stopping or slowing traffic because it may be p2p. Also I believe that it should be illegal to bankrupt individuals in the way they do for downloading a few cds or whatever. It seems to me the concenus is that since the companies have the moral high ground they can play dirty, but its the avarage consumer like you or me that gets screwed over by it. Pirates bypass the measures as usual and we get screwed. In the UK some truely Draconian measures are proposed including booting suspected pirates off the net based on suspician instead of evidence or no court hearings for those that are accused guilty until proven innocent. In France Hadopi legislation wants people to pay to have government installed spyware on computers as the only way to be allowed declare yourself not guilty? Also in the UK these measures have come about from what was some blatent backhanders to Lord Mandleson.
What im getting at is the anger everybody has for pirates is allowing organisations to abuse the system. Look at the US and the DMCA. Created to enforce copyright,used to create artifical monopolies. If publishers had their way tomorrow the 2nd hand market would be shut down and they would have complete control over distribution and utilisation. When they say, what they say and how they say. Besides I view publishers as modern day vultures, abusing their position to control the devs. They can make them alter the game to suit their tastes, stamp a brand on it,jack up the price and then take a hefty percentage for the pleasure because they control distribution outlets. But places like Steam have been competing very well with the old model,piracy is the one that keeps the publishers in check. They know that they cant screw over the customer too hard or they will create more pirates.
And why anybody cares about pirates still eludes me, you cant treat them like potential customers because they are not, thats WHY they are pirates. The focus should be on rewarding us legit consumers instead of punishing all of us in the name of a witchhunt. Sorry im ranting at this point but i have alot to say and feel im already walking (if not leapfroging) the line. Anyway to sum up as a qustion, Do you feel its right for companies to wield the power and influence they do in the name of catching a bunch of people who are going to keep doing what they do no matter what?
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/94524-Arkham-Asylum-Pirates-Get-a-Gimpy-Batman
Also I was reading Experienced Points latest on changing to new forms of DRM. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/experienced-points/6519-Building-a-Better-Kind-of-DRM
What I couldnt understand is the sheer amount of hatred of pirates on the forums. Me personally I dont pirate, but I am VERY against some of the proposed measures worldwide being proposed to stop pirates like censoring certain parts of the web and stopping or slowing traffic because it may be p2p. Also I believe that it should be illegal to bankrupt individuals in the way they do for downloading a few cds or whatever. It seems to me the concenus is that since the companies have the moral high ground they can play dirty, but its the avarage consumer like you or me that gets screwed over by it. Pirates bypass the measures as usual and we get screwed. In the UK some truely Draconian measures are proposed including booting suspected pirates off the net based on suspician instead of evidence or no court hearings for those that are accused guilty until proven innocent. In France Hadopi legislation wants people to pay to have government installed spyware on computers as the only way to be allowed declare yourself not guilty? Also in the UK these measures have come about from what was some blatent backhanders to Lord Mandleson.
What im getting at is the anger everybody has for pirates is allowing organisations to abuse the system. Look at the US and the DMCA. Created to enforce copyright,used to create artifical monopolies. If publishers had their way tomorrow the 2nd hand market would be shut down and they would have complete control over distribution and utilisation. When they say, what they say and how they say. Besides I view publishers as modern day vultures, abusing their position to control the devs. They can make them alter the game to suit their tastes, stamp a brand on it,jack up the price and then take a hefty percentage for the pleasure because they control distribution outlets. But places like Steam have been competing very well with the old model,piracy is the one that keeps the publishers in check. They know that they cant screw over the customer too hard or they will create more pirates.
And why anybody cares about pirates still eludes me, you cant treat them like potential customers because they are not, thats WHY they are pirates. The focus should be on rewarding us legit consumers instead of punishing all of us in the name of a witchhunt. Sorry im ranting at this point but i have alot to say and feel im already walking (if not leapfroging) the line. Anyway to sum up as a qustion, Do you feel its right for companies to wield the power and influence they do in the name of catching a bunch of people who are going to keep doing what they do no matter what?
