Sometimes It's OK To Steal My Games

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."

Comments

First post?

[FunkyRider]

From first pirate!!!

Re:First post?

[greentshirt]

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

Re:First post?

[Anonymous Coward]

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 complaining about first posts thing. Nobody thinks it is funny, clever, or any kind of accomplishment - yet the trend persists. /boggle

Re:First post?

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Re:First post?

[Anonymous Coward]

It's fascinating how some people are so predisposed to just doing the unimaginative, annoying, cliche, tried, tired, brain-dead thing. I have great difficulty understanding the complaining about the complaining about the complaining about the C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!!1

Re:First post?

[djlowe]

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!

Actually..

[somersault]

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)

Re:Actually..

[somersault]

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

Re:Actually..

[Anonymous Coward]

you obviously don't know jack shit about computers.

Re:Actually..

[betterunixthanunix]

you cheap schmucks

Insulting people is not going to get you anywhere.

Re:Sounds like some kind of liberal!

[BitHive]

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

Please pirate my game!

[rastoboy29]

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

In Soviet Russia

[Anonymous Coward]

In Soviet Russia unimaginative, annoying, cliche, tried, tired, brain-dead thing does YOU!