Do You Pirate?

Seil · 02-22-2010, 12:46 PM

Same Anti-Piracy Ad We've Seen Everywhere
Jack Black Anti-Piracy Ad
Pro-Piracy
What The UK Is Doing About Piracy
The Lamest Lame Of Lame Town. (Anti-Piracy)
Don't Copy That Floppy

So we've had a few threads about pirating recently, and in previous threads, people voiced their dislike of anti-pirate measures. It's well noted that most anti-pirate measures that a company uses will result in negative consequences for their legitimate-buying consumers. I've often heard it said on NPF that people wouldn't pirate and would readily buy things if they were available to them.

I pirate - and I think there's a few times when pirating is acceptable. For instance, some of the older video games that you can't find anywhere anymore I've pirated. I've got a few copies of old favorite games, but seeing as it would be near impossible to find a copy of "Day of the Tentacle" anywhere in stores, then I think I'm within my rights to acquire it through non-legitimate means.

Foreign films and television that will never be released in Canada. There's a lot of Japanese television that people like that won't be released in North America for whatever reason, and as such, is unobtainable. There is no other way to watch these short of traveling to Japan. I'll also make the point that television shows, for the most part, are free, you're paying your cable provider, not the creators themselves.

I don't really have a defense for pirating music, something I do pretty frequently.

I can understand why people pirate - it's easy, relatively free and allows one to watch or play anything they want. I can also understand the other side of the argument, where it's a loss of money for the makers of the film - everyone from the lead character to the guy who gets coffee for the lead character to the guy who's renting out the trailer where the lead chills out and sips coffee. But I also feel that in some situations, piracy should be accepted.

I don't know what means are people are using in order to rip things, though as someone who regularly rips music, it's pretty easy due to artists getting more digital and posting their tunes online to record them directly from YouTube - 's how I got Mirai that SSBB song when the SSBB page was updating regularly. I guess I'm asking about "Practicing what you preach;" are your views on media-piracy consistent with your actions? If not, what're your excuses? Are they the same as mine?

synkr0nized · 02-22-2010, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by our forum rules

Other Things You Should Not Do

Experience has shown that the following things are nothing but trouble and you should refrain from doing/mentioning them.

- Anything illegal, obviously. Especially links to ROM sites or comic book scans are something that keeps popping up. Copyright on the internet is a major grey area these days but these are things that are blindingly obvious. In the same vein, if you've downloaded a game or a movie, no one here cares to know you did - just avoid mentioning it entirely.

Just, uh, FYI.

If there's a topic in here aside from "hay guyz I pirate", feel free to try again with another thread.

02-22-2010, 12:46 PM	#1
Seil Super stressed! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia Posts: 8,081	Do You Pirate? Same Anti-Piracy Ad We've Seen Everywhere Jack Black Anti-Piracy Ad Pro-Piracy What The UK Is Doing About Piracy The Lamest Lame Of Lame Town. (Anti-Piracy) Don't Copy That Floppy So we've had a few threads about pirating recently, and in previous threads, people voiced their dislike of anti-pirate measures. It's well noted that most anti-pirate measures that a company uses will result in negative consequences for their legitimate-buying consumers. I've often heard it said on NPF that people wouldn't pirate and would readily buy things if they were available to them. I pirate - and I think there's a few times when pirating is acceptable. For instance, some of the older video games that you can't find anywhere anymore I've pirated. I've got a few copies of old favorite games, but seeing as it would be near impossible to find a copy of "Day of the Tentacle" anywhere in stores, then I think I'm within my rights to acquire it through non-legitimate means. Foreign films and television that will never be released in Canada. There's a lot of Japanese television that people like that won't be released in North America for whatever reason, and as such, is unobtainable. There is no other way to watch these short of traveling to Japan. I'll also make the point that television shows, for the most part, are free, you're paying your cable provider, not the creators themselves. I don't really have a defense for pirating music, something I do pretty frequently. I can understand why people pirate - it's easy, relatively free and allows one to watch or play anything they want. I can also understand the other side of the argument, where it's a loss of money for the makers of the film - everyone from the lead character to the guy who gets coffee for the lead character to the guy who's renting out the trailer where the lead chills out and sips coffee. But I also feel that in some situations, piracy should be accepted. I don't know what means are people are using in order to rip things, though as someone who regularly rips music, it's pretty easy due to artists getting more digital and posting their tunes online to record them directly from YouTube - 's how I got Mirai that SSBB song when the SSBB page was updating regularly. I guess I'm asking about "Practicing what you preach;" are your views on media-piracy consistent with your actions? If not, what're your excuses? Are they the same as mine? Last edited by Seil; 02-22-2010 at 12:50 PM.