Hi Shaun, What I am about to say will probably go in one ear and out the other, but it needs to be said anyway. Regardless of who you and other pirates choose to pirate from it is ethically the same. It doesn't matter if you steel software from a small independent developer like Draconis, GMA, or USA Games or a huge corporation like Microsoft steeling is steeling. It is both morally and ethically taking something that doesn't legally belong to you.
You mentioned that your targets are the big companies who price things through the roof and license things unfairly. That's still no excuse for piracy, because often as not there is a cheaper and free alternative to it. One perhaps you have elected to ignore because you'd rather pirate the more expensive product. For example, Jaws is very expensive. Jaws doesn't offer a payment plan, and it has a pretty restrictive DRM in place. However, it isn't like Freedom Scientific is holding a gun to your head or a knife to your throat telling you buy it or else. The truth of the matter is today there are plenty of cheaper and perhaps better alternatives like NVDA that does everything you want for free. So what would be the point of pirating Jaws? The same argument could be made about Windows itself. I hear a lot of pirates complaining about the price of Windows, complaining about Microsoft's DRM and licensing, and accuse Microsoft of being greedy, etc and use that as an excuse to pirate their software. However, once again there are free alternatives if pirates would stop and consider them. One such alternative is Ubuntu Linux. Yes, there would be a learning curve involved, but essentially you get a free operating system with a built-in screen reader, talking installer, free office suite comparable to Microsoft Office, free media players, web browsers, chat programs, etc. About the only thing Windows has to offer that Linux doesn't is a wide variety of accessible games. So I think pirating Windows on the grounds it is too expensive is just horse crap. There are alternatives if you and other pirates would care to look. Bottom line, you can try and justify it anyway you want to, but the fact of the matter it is just an excuse. There are always choices, other options, and it strikes me the real reasons pirates steel software is because they want to and because they can. All these other excuses like the software is too expensive, they don't have any other choice, or because it doesn't matter if they steel from the big companies is not justified reasons for doing what they are doing. To be honest it is posts exactly like yours that makes me reconsider my policy regarding DRM. While I hate the idea of punishing my legally registered customers for a few bad apples its clear the pirates have a complete disrespect and appreciation for the time and work software developers put into their products. Cheers! On 5/1/13, shaun everiss <[email protected]> wrote: > well josh I just read the article and I get it where he is coming from. > To be honest I am not going after the little guys although some may > get in the way but thats just bad luck more than anything, the big > companies that price through the roof and licencing unfairly are my > targets. > They don't want to talk. > They want to sue and put me in jail. > With that knife over my head I have no issue with destroying them totally. > hacking them killing them, pirating their stuff. > Now if they actually talked like some devs are doing now I actually > may reconcider I am a user to but really this article does tell you > that something needs to change. > That change is for everyone from those making cash to the users. > I am not sure how but if all the big guys do is attack no wander no > one really has sympathy for them. > In most cases I do intend to buy something your demo may be to short > and I may need more time than a month, I may need 6 months for example. > I have a list of stuff some I own some I have aquired alegally. > and if I like something I will buy it eventually but I don't have an > infinate store of cash either. > Some of them in fact a large majority of my list is now opensource or > so low use that I don't concider buying just yet though I am always > looking. > Some stuff I have already brought. > > I do think drm and other things are bad ideas though. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
