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Sometimes It's OK To Steal My Games

Posted by timothy on from the eternal-debate-continues dept.

spidweb writes "One Indie developer has written a nuanced article on a how software piracy affects him, approaching the issue from the opposite direction. He lists the ways in which the widespread piracy of PC games helps him. From the article: 'You don't get everything you want in this world. You can get piles of cool stuff for free. Or you can be an honorable, ethical being. You don't get both. Most of the time. Because, when I'm being honest with myself, which happens sometimes, I have to admit that piracy is not an absolute evil. That I do get things out of it, even when I'm the one being ripped off.' The article also tries to find a middle ground between the Piracy-Is-Always-Bad and Piracy-Is-Just-Fine sides of the argument that might enable single-player PC games to continue to exist."

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  1. Actually.. by somersault · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You get piles of stuff for free with any Ubuntu distro, and none of it is pirated (at least I haven't heard of any "Linux for Pirates", but maybe it exists)

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    which is totally what she said
    1. Re:Actually.. by somersault · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      *I meant Linux rather than Ubuntu there, poor editing..

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      which is totally what she said
  2. Re:Sounds like some kind of liberal! by BitHive · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    As with climate change, the only people who think the constitution is up for "debate" are socialist usurpers.

  3. Please pirate my game! by rastoboy29 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    See my sig.  I just want to see my game played the way it was meant to be played--with people playing it!

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    expandfairuse.org
  4. Re:First post? by djlowe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's fascinating how some people are so predisposed to just doing the unimaginative, annoying, cliche, tried, tired, brain-dead thing. I have great difficult understanding the first post thing. Nobody thinks it is funny, clever, or any kind of accomplishment - yet the trend persists. /boggle

    It's fascinating how some people are so predisposed to just replying to the unimaginative, annoying, cliche, tried, tired brain-dead thing without being able to contribute anything else. I have great difficult [sic] understanding such replies to the first post thing. Nobody thinks it is funny, clever, or any kind of accomplishment - yet the trend persists. /boggle.

    Thanks for not contributing: We look forward to you doing the same again in the future!