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Engaging Debate on Piracy and Videogaming

Posted by michael on from the game-on dept.

koworld writes "WotR have put out a really intriguing issue on piracy this week. It has Jeff Minter arguing that piracy robs developers of their livelihoods and then a senior industry figure (writing under a pseudonym) offers the counter that piracy has done more to expand the overall videogaming market than any other factor. Just to round off the debate a number of insightful personal accounts of piracy and its effects are also included."

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  1. Re:Piracy, Price, and P2P, 4 Peas in a Pod by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    For the n+1th time, copying is not stealing.

  2. Re:Piracy, Price, and P2P, 4 Peas in a Pod by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sometimes the law is wrong. I encourage my kids to copy information they want. It's RIGHT to do so. Copryight is fascist thought control. Actually, both my kids now write more games than they copy (the games kinda suck if you ask me, but they enjoy them more). As far as I'm concerned, copyright is a tool of the besuited gray man, not the artist. Only with complete freedom of information is there the opportunity for unfettered creativity. To those who say "well, I won't release without 'protection'", i say "Fine, we don't need you anyway. Fuck off and die for all I care"