JarlFrank
I like Thief THIS much
And copyright laws here only protects iranian softwares
Stone Your Wife RPG
Piracy is completely fine. It doesn't hurt devs at all.
A pal of mine has never bought a single game in his life, he's a prolific pirate who pirates everything, and if a game can't be pirated he'll just skip it. But because he plays so many games he tends to give recommendations to his friends, who sometimes buy a game based on his recommendation.
Therefore, his piracy actually adds to the company's profit, rather than detract from it.
JarlFrank I normally agree with you.. but this is the dumbest rationalization of piracy I have ever read and I am a serial pirate.
Stop trying to invent circumstantial evidence to justify being a bottom feeder who is stealing games. Just accept it and own it. This attempt to justify that somehow you stealing games earns more money for the company. Top Lulz..
Like what the fuck did I just read..
Not trying to justify it, I'm fine with being an immoral pirate who gets things for free like some filthy thief, but at least with books it has been tested that letting the pirates to their thing rather than actively pushing for anti-piracy measures is actually better for the work. Neil Gaiman tried that with Russians, read about it here: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/2...-to-believing-its-incredibly-good-thing.shtml
And honestly, as a guy who writes stories himself and even earns some money from it, I don't care about piracy. I'm frequenting a German writer forum where there's a thread where people post any links to pirated materials from other forum members so they can demand it to be taken down, and everyone acts so offended about being pirated on there, it's pretty funny. I get being offended and enraged when someone sells your book as a much cheaper ebook version on his shady site compared to your official ebook, cause he's making money by stealing from you, but just someone uploading your shit on a pirate site that people can download for free?
Shit dude, that's actually fucking amazing. You know you've reached a certain amount of popularity once someone actually bothers to upload your shit on a pirate site, or make a torrent of it. Working on a (maybe or maybe not vapourware) indie game project right now as writer and level designer, and you know what? I'd actually be happy if, once the game is released, I can spot it on piratebay one day, because that's a sign the game is good. If people bother pirating your stuff, you know you have something of quality.