Free Games As a Solution To Game Piracy

christ, jesus H writes "PC gaming may not be dying, but it is in a state of flux. We're seeing developers and publishers blaming piracy for all the ills of PC gaming, but attempts to rein in pirates with the help of DRM only annoys and mobilizes the legitimate customers of your games. The solution? According to David Perry of Shiny Games, PC games are going to be free." (And if anyone has a favorite replacement term for "piracy," in the context of electronic copyright violation, please suggest it below.)

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Re:A favorite term to replace 'piracy'?

[Syrente]

I always considered 'Eternal Borrower' or 'Stonking great Thief' as accurate ways of naming 'pirates.'

Re:I prefer this idea:

[truthsearch]

Other people's games... often hit and run.

Hit and run games are fun, too. Now hit and miss games I could understand not liking. ;)

Re:A favorite term to replace 'piracy'?

[VoyagerRadio]

Not a very good analogy. The wife would now have the herpes you gave her, which would make her less fun in that particular aspect of the relationship.

Like dropping a house on a witch

[spun]

"Using someone else's wifi is stealing, "

only if you don't have authorization. If the system lets you in by design, then you have authorization.
The incoming house analogy will inevitably show how little the person knows about how computers communicate.

Stealing wifi is like dropping a house on a witch. It will make strange looking midgets dance around with glee, and get her sister to send flying monkeys after you.

Re:Call a spade a spade

[Anonymous Coward]

I often go into the store and start eating the food off the shelves. When they tell me to stop, I just tell them that according to Samuel Gompers, there's no inherent difference to the food in the store and the food on my shelf, so how can they expect me to know the difference? Then I eat the security guards, under the misapprehension that they are also food. I think it works out best for everyone, in the end.

Re:I prefer this idea:

[BPPG]

Schrodinger's Cat Baseball. Although it still doesn't work quite right when it's out of the box.