| As a way of stoping piracy... ...this is pretty laughable. Most piracy is done on the basis of not wanting to pay for something, while most of the rest is done on the principle of open information sharing. |
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 BF69Premium
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Camden, TN | said by lordofwhee:...this is pretty laughable. Most piracy is done on the basis of not wanting to pay for something, which is the problem with 99% of the people. They expect internet welfare. They want is all for free. Itunes could offer DRM free songs for 1 cent each and people would still pirate because that's how cheap they are. They way I see it if you want somthing so bad that you'd pirate it then it MUST have value. Unless you're a dumb pirate that steals worthless junk. So if it has value then it's obviously worth paying for. |
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| said by BF69:said by lordofwhee:...this is pretty laughable. Most piracy is done on the basis of not wanting to pay for something, which is the problem with 99% of the people. They expect internet welfare. They want is all for free. Itunes could offer DRM free songs for 1 cent each and people would still pirate because that's how cheap they are. They way I see it if you want somthing so bad that you'd pirate it then it MUST have value. Unless you're a dumb pirate that steals worthless junk. So if it has value then it's obviously worth paying for. Well, you can pay, but I don't even download music... So, I'm not. However, I do use legal BT, and ISP, RIAA, MPAA, and other **AAs need to quit messing with it. |
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said by BF69:said by lordofwhee:...this is pretty laughable. Most piracy is done on the basis of not wanting to pay for something, which is the problem with 99% of the people. They expect internet welfare. They want is all for free. Itunes could offer DRM free songs for 1 cent each and people would still pirate because that's how cheap they are. They way I see it if you want somthing so bad that you'd pirate it then it MUST have value. Unless you're a dumb pirate that steals worthless junk. So if it has value then it's obviously worth paying for. Then you obviously don't understand why people pirate. People pirate mostly because OF dumb junk. People don't want to pay for a full CD of crap for one song, people don't want to pay $1 for a song that is restricted with DRM. Same goes for movies.
Its different for software, people don't want to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for software that has paid for itself over and over. Software after its written is worth what a cellphone is worth, zero dollars. These people who pay hundreds of dollars for a cellphones are paying for something that is worth pennies to make.
Most of the stuff you see out there pays for itself and then some even with piracy. You will see RIAA and MPAA say they lost "so and so billions" to piracy this year but they are still making more money than ever. They go after it ruthlessly because simply THEY HAVE MONEY.
The fact of the matter is, the pricing structure of music/movies/games is overvalued by a long shot. When pricing is out of wack, history shows people will pirate those items. |
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