The PC piracy is dying....

http://news.softpedia.com/newsTag/torrentspy

I wonder how consoles will combat the renting piracy of rent/copy/keep games...at $4 one can get any game and risk NOTHING....

Excellent. Sadly, I doubt piracy is going anywhere anytime soon.agentfred

The MAIN point of publishers (the developers are mere emploees in most cases) is to SHIELD NA+EU+Japan from piracy because there is no point of countries that wouldnt have bought the games anyway....

So the RICH west is the one that loses POTENTIAL income to the publishers through piracy....so if the net is tamed through ANTIDEMOCRATIC laws and controlled then piracy will die....

However the renting industry provides thousands of copies of games for miniscule cost at NO risk to the pirate....

PC piracy isn't dieing, lmao guys come on, actually think before posting.TrailorParkBoy

In CHina and Eastern Europe not but in USA yes...

Torrentspy dies

TPB is immortal

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You aren't going to kill piracy in any industry but I personally think you can reduce it by removing restrictive DRM that hurts the honest customers while not affecting the pirates at all.

[QUOTE="TrailorParkBoy"]PC piracy isn't dieing, lmao guys come on, actually think before posting.True_Gamer_

In CHina and Eastern Europe not but in USA yes...

Steam will be the death of PC piracy. PDark_Prodigy

Steam will be the death of PC piracy. PDark_Prodigy

You know how many times it's been cracked? I won't go into specifics here because it's against gamespot regulations.

Piracy isn't going anywhere - PERIOD. No strategy will get rid of peoples desire to acquire thinks for free.Duo75

Exactly. Ads on a torrent site provides tremendous amount of funds because of this.

Piracy isn't going anywhere - PERIOD. No strategy will get rid of peoples desire to acquire thinks for free.Duo75

Thats why some people want to do just that, give games away for free. Publishers can get money from in-game advertising.

I do photography for some side money. I refuse to pay what they want for PSCS. I use M$ XpPRO..I wont pay what MS wants for that ... I dont like paying 60$ a game. I dont pay 15-20$ for cd's or movies...GREED is whats killing everything...These big corporates are killing entertainment. Normal people cant afford to keep up...So, what do they do?....PIRATE...Corporates raise prices because of pirating....pirating keeps going, they arent fixing anything...

Enough with greed already...

DO I condone "sharring" ??....sure I do. I was brought up right....You share..

I do photography for some side money. I refuse to pay what they want for PSCS. I use M$ XpPRO..I wont pay what MS wants for that ... I dont like paying 60$ a game. I dont pay 15-20$ for cd's or movies...GREED is whats killing everything...These big corporates are killing entertainment. Normal people cant afford to keep up...So, what do they do?....PIRATE...Corporates raise prices because of pirating....pirating keeps going, they arent fixing anything...

Enough with greed already...

DO I condone "sharring" ??....sure I do. I was brought up right....You share..

FunkyHeadHunter

Do you have any idea how much it costs to develop a game, software, or a movie? This often isn't about greed, it's about breaking a profit, many companies fail to do even that, and you sure aren't helping anything. Spin it anyway you want, but it boils down to theft.

Great going.:roll:

Piracy isn't going anywhere. You can shut down a site, but 10 more will sprout back up. Developers/publishers need to accept that in a digital world, people will steal. It's sad, but it's true.

As for consoles there are some anti-piracy actions, I know for a fact MS includes something in their various firmware updates that bricks modded 360s. There aren't the same protections in place (compared to PC gaming), but at the same time I'd bet dollars to donuts it's easier to aquire pirated PC games.

[QUOTE="FunkyHeadHunter"]

I do photography for some side money. I refuse to pay what they want for PSCS. I use M$ XpPRO..I wont pay what MS wants for that ... I dont like paying 60$ a game. I dont pay 15-20$ for cd's or movies...GREED is whats killing everything...These big corporates are killing entertainment. Normal people cant afford to keep up...So, what do they do?....PIRATE...Corporates raise prices because of pirating....pirating keeps going, they arent fixing anything...

Enough with greed already...

DO I condone "sharring" ??....sure I do. I was brought up right....You share..

agentfred

Do you have any idea how much it costs to develop a game, software, or a movie? This often isn't about greed, it's about breaking a profit, many companies fail to do even that, and you sure aren't helping anything. Spin it anyway you want, but it boils down to theft.

Great going.:roll:

Its your "opinion" nothing more. There are millions of people that see things the way I do. So that is my opinion. I never said I took part in "sharring" but I also never said I didnt ...

Its your "opinion" nothing more. There are millions of people that see things the way I do. So that is my opinion. I never said I took part in "sharring" but I also never said I didnt ...

FunkyHeadHunter

I do photography for some side money. I refuse to pay what they want for PSCS. I use M$ XpPRO..I wont pay what MS wants for that ... I dont like paying 60$ a game. I dont pay 15-20$ for cd's or movies...GREED is whats killing everything...These big corporates are killing entertainment. Normal people cant afford to keep up...So, what do they do?....PIRATE...Corporates raise prices because of pirating....pirating keeps going, they arent fixing anything...

Enough with greed already...

DO I condone "sharring" ??....sure I do. I was brought up right....You share..

FunkyHeadHunter

You know, just because you aren't willing to pay the full price for something doesn't mean you're obligated to have it for free.

No it's not his opinion, it's fact. Using software without a valid licenseis considered stealing under the law. And just because some people agree with you doesn't mean you're right.
PBSnipes

[QUOTE="PBSnipes"]No it's not his opinion, it's fact. Using software without a valid licenseis considered stealing under the law. And just because some people agree with you doesn't mean you're right.
foxhound_fox

http://news.softpedia.com/newsTag/torrentspy

I wonder how consoles will combat the renting piracy of rent/copy/keep games...at $4 one can get any game and risk NOTHING....

True_Gamer_

PC piracy dying? Har har...go to www.ooopsIforgotthename.org and search for "Orange Box". You'd be surprised how many people are downloading the poster child of copy protection.

[QUOTE="True_Gamer_"]

http://news.softpedia.com/newsTag/torrentspy

I wonder how consoles will combat the renting piracy of rent/copy/keep games...at $4 one can get any game and risk NOTHING....

rumtumtugger

PC piracy dying? Har har...go to www.ooopsIforgotthename.org and search for "Orange Box". You'd be surprised how many people are downloading the poster child of copy protection.

Your link didn't work

[QUOTE="rumtumtugger"][QUOTE="True_Gamer_"]

http://news.softpedia.com/newsTag/torrentspy

I wonder how consoles will combat the renting piracy of rent/copy/keep games...at $4 one can get any game and risk NOTHING....

slickchris7777

PC piracy dying? Har har...go to www.ooopsIforgotthename.org and search for "Orange Box". You'd be surprised how many people are downloading the poster child of copy protection.

Your link didn't work

...don't tell me you really think that's a torrent site.

I do photography for some side money. I refuse to pay what they want for PSCS. I use M$ XpPRO..I wont pay what MS wants for that ... I dont like paying 60$ a game. I dont pay 15-20$ for cd's or movies...GREED is whats killing everything...These big corporates are killing entertainment. Normal people cant afford to keep up...So, what do they do?....PIRATE...Corporates raise prices because of pirating....pirating keeps going, they arent fixing anything...

Enough with greed already...

DO I condone "sharring" ??....sure I do. I was brought up right....You share..

FunkyHeadHunter

Sharing implies there is consent from the property owner. Were you also brought up to respect the property of others?

[QUOTE="FunkyHeadHunter"]

I do photography for some side money. I refuse to pay what they want for PSCS. I use M$ XpPRO..I wont pay what MS wants for that ... I dont like paying 60$ a game. I dont pay 15-20$ for cd's or movies...GREED is whats killing everything...These big corporates are killing entertainment. Normal people cant afford to keep up...So, what do they do?....PIRATE...Corporates raise prices because of pirating....pirating keeps going, they arent fixing anything...

Enough with greed already...

DO I condone "sharring" ??....sure I do. I was brought up right....You share..

ramey70

Sharing implies there is consent from the property owner. Were you also brought up to respect the property of others?

physical property, yes..

but i dont really feel obligated to support anyone unless i think their digital product is worthwhile to me..

all the games i play the most i have paid for..not everyone can buy every game.. and as a developer i would rather that a larger audience played it ...the money would come in from actually creating a quality product..sure some people will steal it but id rather have that than the vile relationship between PC gamers and most developers... the truth is that there are way too many games for everyone to purchase and a lot of those people are addicted to games, they like to experience new and interesting types of games and they simply cannot buy it all, they buy what they respect the most and hope that others do the same..

Im sure this thread will get locked and deleted and I will probably be banned...But thats a chance you take on here...

I still do NOT care what anyone elses opinions are on the matter...

You tape shows on VHS? You record music from the radio? You make your girl a "mixtape" or "mixcd?"...You watch streamed shows online? Do you use Limewire, Kazza, EMule, Torrents? You do anything at all and you are as guilty as the people you shake your finger at. Dont play angels because im sure everyone here at one time or another has "shared"....

FunkyHeadHunter

physical property, yes..

but i dont really feel obligated to support anyone unless i think their digital product is worthwhile to me..

all the games i play the most i have paid for..not everyone can buy every game.. and as a developer i would rather that a larger audience played it ...the money would come in from actually creating a quality product..sure some people will steal it but id rather have that than the vile relationship between PC gamers and most developers... the truth is that there are way too many games for everyone to purchase and a lot of those people are addicted to games, they like to experience new and interesting types of games and they simply cannot buy it all, they buy what they respect the most and hope that others do the same..

schu

Gimme some of your photos. I ain't paying for 'em, but I sure as hell would love you to share 'em with me. What's that? You're telling me to **** off? Well mate, you're just doing the same to the other companies, stealing their stuff. FrozenLiquid

I do photography for some side money. I refuse to pay what they want for PSCS. I use M$ XpPRO..I wont pay what MS wants for that ... I dont like paying 60$ a game. I dont pay 15-20$ for cd's or movies...GREED is whats killing everything...These big corporates are killing entertainment. Normal people cant afford to keep up...So, what do they do?....PIRATE...Corporates raise prices because of pirating....pirating keeps going, they arent fixing anything...

Enough with greed already...

DO I condone "sharring" ??....sure I do. I was brought up right....You share..

FunkyHeadHunter

i eat every day and i refuse to pay the money they charge for food. so i go shop lifting everyday. stuff those greedy shop keepers

[QUOTE="FunkyHeadHunter"]

I do photography for some side money. I refuse to pay what they want for PSCS. I use M$ XpPRO..I wont pay what MS wants for that ... I dont like paying 60$ a game. I dont pay 15-20$ for cd's or movies...GREED is whats killing everything...These big corporates are killing entertainment. Normal people cant afford to keep up...So, what do they do?....PIRATE...Corporates raise prices because of pirating....pirating keeps going, they arent fixing anything...

Enough with greed already...

DO I condone "sharring" ??....sure I do. I was brought up right....You share..

doobie1975

i eat every day and i refuse to pay the money they charge for food. so i go shop lifting everyday. stuff those greedy shop keepers

Exactly how is making a copy equal to stealing?

http://iwouldntsteal.net/

Remember how NIN made a crapload of money when they released their latest album on torrent sites?

[QUOTE="PDark_Prodigy"]Steam will be the death of PC piracy. unholymight

You know how many times it's been cracked? I won't go into specifics here because it's against gamespot regulations.

your average person isn't going to go through the bother of trying to make tf2 and hl2 ep 2 work without steam

Piracy isn't going anywhere. You can shut down a site, but 10 more will sprout back up. Developers/publishers need to accept that in a digital world, people will steal. It's sad, but it's true.

As for consoles there are some anti-piracy actions, I know for a fact MS includes something in their various firmware updates that bricks modded 360s. There aren't the same protections in place (compared to PC gaming), but at the same time I'd bet dollars to donuts it's easier to aquire pirated PC games.

PBSnipes

I bet the orange box is much eaier to pirate on consoles. the fact is piracy is a big problem in consoles and pc.

OK...Here is the difference...

You cant just go to TacoBell and TAKE "share" food from them. WHY?...Because its not up to the employees to do that , UNLESS that employee has permission or is the owner of that product. Same for any store, restaurant, ect ect..

NOW....you have a friend that has a game, or movie, or music or program and that "FRIEND" lets you borrow it "share" its up to that person as that person is supposed to OWN that product. And IF that person doenst own the product after buying it...THEN, I would not support the company any longer....

IF I buy something....ITS MINE...I dont care what the labeling says in fine print. I dont care....And millions of others feel the same way. Its our opinion....OUR choice what we want to do with our products we have bought...

[QUOTE="FunkyHeadHunter"]

Im sure this thread will get locked and deleted and I will probably be banned...But thats a chance you take on here...

I still do NOT care what anyone elses opinions are on the matter...

You tape shows on VHS? You record music from the radio? You make your girl a "mixtape" or "mixcd?"...You watch streamed shows online? Do you use Limewire, Kazza, EMule, Torrents? You do anything at all and you are as guilty as the people you shake your finger at. Dont play angels because im sure everyone here at one time or another has "shared"....

FrozenLiquid

physical property, yes..

but i dont really feel obligated to support anyone unless i think their digital product is worthwhile to me..

all the games i play the most i have paid for..not everyone can buy every game.. and as a developer i would rather that a larger audience played it ...the money would come in from actually creating a quality product..sure some people will steal it but id rather have that than the vile relationship between PC gamers and most developers... the truth is that there are way too many games for everyone to purchase and a lot of those people are addicted to games, they like to experience new and interesting types of games and they simply cannot buy it all, they buy what they respect the most and hope that others do the same..

schu

Guys I didnt say "Global piracy is dying" thats impossible in countries like Russia/China etc....I said western piracy is on the run and dying which is what it seems that happening....

As for that "physical" comment you couldnt be more wrong...

Im in my 3rd year of law school in UK university and theft is:

Appropriation with intention to permanently deprive....

If there even 1 thing missing then its not theft...