You see, still in accordance with my post above, I think it's time for me to rant.
I remember games from the past, the floppy-era games. Some of them had on-disk protection - the ones need COPYWRIT.EXE utility to make backup. Still, many more of them relies on off-disk copy protection, resorting to code wheels or manual lines and paragraphs and so on.
What's interesting is the publisher's attitude in the old days. On games that come without on-disk copy protection, it was pretty common for the publisher to advise the consumer to make backup of their disks and play from backup instead, while storing the original copy in a safe, clean place. Furthermore, many publishers offered free replacement if the disks got damaged.
Contrast with game publisher's attitude today, where fair use is raped and violated without limit. DVDs got lost or damaged? Well too bad DRM keeps you from making backup copies, so you have to buy the same game again. Need to reformat your hard drive because of virus? Too bad the DRM doesn't allow you to recover your installation limit, so you have to buy the same game again.
A sane person will admit that this is bad thing for the consumer, instead of blindly defending the corporation by any debating tactics possible.
As Malik has pointed out, game publishers like EA and Bethesda are greedy. It's a fact, their only goal is to maximize profit. As such, there is no point of defending such publishers in the name of their employee.
mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:d1stortion wrote:mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:I'll admit, I've pirated all sorts of things over the years (who hasn't? 😜), but I think pirating an indie game that lacks DRM is kind of low, in my opinion.
So there are "good" developers/content creators who deserve the money and others where it's OK to pirate, and then go online to rant about evil pirates who steal from the aforementioned "good" people? Interesting.
I never said that it was OK to pirate things, I mean I'm certainly not proud of doing it, and it is kind of a low thing to do in general, but at the same time I see pirating indie games as being especially low since they rely on each sale to survive much moreso than say some big publisher like EA. As well, just being on the Internet, it's kind of hard not to be a pirate, though it certainly doesn't hurt to at least think about what you're doing once in a while.
Man, I feel like I'm this big ball of contradictions. 🤣 It's like I can't decide if I'm with the pirates or the content creators. I will say this though; I don't mind paying for things that I enjoy. I do however mind having to deal with DRM in order to do so. That's why sites like GoG.com are awesome. 😁
Totally agree. The severity of a crime is influenced by its circumstances. I'm not saying that robbing from the rich is the right thing do to, but robbing from the poor is a much worse crime.
I don't pirate myself. But EA execs whine that their profit goes down because of piracy, then boo fucking hoo. Yes, software piracy is a crime, but is it the most heinous crime against humanity? Is it worse than rape or child porn?
In fact, certain people are so zealous in "defending copyright" that they called Jason Scott - someone who is doing service to society - a dickhead.
I already -and always- vote with my dollar. I carefully read the review before buying any game, and when the game is plagued by DRM, my decision becomes more careful. That's why I mostly bought games from ebay or GOG.com - old games that comes without DRM. It's no big loss for me, since old games are as good as - if not better - than newer, DRM-plagued games. After all, we're here because we love old games, aren't we?
If my action translate to EA's lost sales, then boo fucking hoo.