Internet piracy is good

[Randy]

I believe that internet piracy is not bad or immoral, but is good and can help companies. For an example of piracy being a positive thing for companies, there is Microsoft. The idea of this being beneficial is that once a user starts using a pirated Microsoft product, they are much more likely to buy another Microsoft product in the future. This means that someone who probably wasn’t going to spend money on a Microsoft product in the first place has now bought one of their products. That is profit for Microsoft.



What do you think about internet piracy?

 

[Scarlet Rose]

The case can also be pressed for it being beneficial on the macro scale. Through utilizing pirated digital material, societies which might not otherwise have had sufficient resources to do so, can provide opportunities for it's citizens gain a variety of skills and knowledge. Examples can include pirated software, which enable them to familiarize themselves with cutting edge software. With files, it also enables greater access to educational texts which can be useful for formal education.

 

[Fatal Dawn]

Internet piracy might be good for you but it is bad for companies. It's understandable for some of the reasons listed above, but no I don't support it.

 

[Temerit]

BitTorrent Piracy Boost Music Sales, Study Finds

 

[Crusader]

I'm split on it. Sometimes it can be good, others not. Let's talk music.



People want to download a whole album by a band, but don't want to spend money on them in case they don't like it. If they do, then they sometimes they will go out and buy a CD or legally purchase it digitally. It also means they will pay straight away for any new albums by that artist.

 

[Sinon]

My justification for pirating music is simple. Most of it is simply too expensive for me to purchase. As a fan of music from countries such as Japan, Korea and others, I often find that importing a CD is a pointlessly expensive endeavor. Digital downloads are fine, I often pay for those, but physical media tends to be around the £20-30 mark, and then almost double that for the import tax and delivery, bringing an hour-long CD up to the cost of a newly-released videogame or a week of grocery shopping. I refuse to pay that amount, but I still want to enjoy the music. Hence, piracy.



It's also key for games. There are many games I've pirated to test if they will work on my system. I'm not paying hard-earned cash just to find out I don't have the right chipset, or my clock speed is slightly off, or my OS is the wrong bit type and is not supported (All of this is information you don't find when purchasing the games, you merely find the minimum and the recommended specifications. Anything in between, your guess is as good as any.)



Honestly, the industry can complain all they want about how piracy kills the market. Maybe if they put some more thought into what they're putting out instead of the countless carbon-copy Disney princess singers, the pseudo-pop/rap wiggers, the boybands who can't play instruments and struggle to sing without autotune, maybe once they stop all that more truly talented musicians will be able to shine and earn the industry a lot more money.



Also, there are plenty of artists I'd have never purchased albums and merchandise from if I hadn't pirated their work originally. I consider that a fair trade.

 

[Crusader]

Another thing is staggered releases. Stuff gets released somewhere first then people don't want to wait for their regions release date and go and pirate it.



And example of this was Pendulum's last album, May 2010 UK release date, January 2011 US release date.

 

[Jazzy]

The definition of piracy: The act or practice of robbing. Infringement of the law of copyright.



That sums up my opinion on what I think of internet piracy.

 

[Sinon]

robbingpresent participle of rob (Verb)

Verb:

• Take property unlawfully from (a person or place) by force or threat of force.
  
  
  
• Overcharge (someone) for something.
  

Piracy doesn't involve the threat of force, so...

 

[Temerit]

[background=rgb(250, 246, 237)]The definition of piracy: The act or practice of [/background]robbing[background=rgb(250, 246, 237)].

[/background]



[background=rgb(250, 246, 237)]To expand on the above: with piracy you aren't actually taking anything from anyone. You are making a copy of a good that has already been purchased. Really no different than lending a DVD to a friend or playing your music for others, just on a much larger scale.[/background]

 

[Jazzy]

robbingpresent participle of rob (Verb) Verb:

• Take property unlawfully from (a person or place) by force or threat of force.
• Overcharge (someone) for something.

Piracy doesn't involve the threat of force, so...

How about [background=rgb(251, 253, 254)]Infringement of the law of copyright?[/background]

[/background][/color] [background=rgb(250, 246, 237)]To expand on the above: with piracy you aren't actually taking anything from anyone. You are making a copy of a good that has already been purchased. Really no different than lending a DVD to a friend or playing your music for others, just on a much larger scale.[/background]

Then why isn't this legal?

 

[Temerit]

I don't think lending a DVD is technically legal?



Anywho, I think we should get rid of both patents and copyrights.

 

[Evil Eye]

I don't think lending a DVD is technically legal?

Nope, it isn't. It tends to say so when you play it

It used to be quite legal, though. Taping music from the radio was legal too...

 

[Katatonia]

Piracy is a wonderful thing. I wouldn't have discovered such amazing bands and artists otherwise.

Maybe if they put some more thought into what they're putting out instead of the countless carbon-copy Disney princess singers, the pseudo-pop/rap wiggers, the boybands who can't play instruments and struggle to sing without autotune, maybe once they stop all that more truly talented musicians will be able to shine and earn the industry a lot more money.

Sadly, I doubt it. The music you hear on the radio sounds exactly the way it is for a reason: numerous people dig it. I'd say the music industry is making more than enough money.

 

[Jazzy]

Anywho, I think we should get rid of both patents and copyrights.

Let me ask you this. If it took you five years to write and publish a medical journal, you wouldn't care if I stole it from you?

 

[Evil Eye]

Let me ask you this. If it took you five years to write and publish a medical journal, you wouldn't care if I stole it from you?

I know this wasn't directed at me, but I'm going to answer it anyway because it was interestingly specific.

No, I wouldn't mind. If you pirate it, I've already got the credit. I wouldn't mind you pirating any medical or scientific journals I publish. Those are for the greater good.

I would mind you pirating anything else I made. Nonetheless, copyright laws are insane. People retain copyright for a full century after they've died in some places!

Lifelong copyright, yes, sure, it's yours after all. Anything beyond that, no. The original author isn't making money of it anymore, so why should someone else?

 

[James]

Frankly, while in some cases I can understand that it's wrong, there's cases where it's actually a good thing.



Game companies rant about emulators all the time, but hey.. if you don't want me playing a ROM of Famicom Detective Club Part II,Shin Nekketsu Koha:Kunio-kun Tachi No Banka or any other JP games on Super Nintendo emulator, then why not get off your lazy asses,translate it and put on the Virtual Console.



Without emulators, I never would've gotten to play the EarthBound games..



Plus I would've never gotten visual novels, with Famicom Detective Clubart II

I download anime torrents occasionally, but yet I'm treating it like a DVD, by using it for Private Home Viewing.

I don't distribute anything I download on the internet, so why should it be a problem?





Distributing it is wrong, but using it for private home use isn't a problem.

 

[Sinon]

Shin Nekketsu Koha:Kunio-kun Tachi No Banka

Off-topic, but did you know they still make games in the Kunio-kun series? The latest one is on the 3DS sadly, and I don't know of any emulators

Nor is the 3DS region-free. Sad times.

 

[Simba]

Now let us mention musical artists. They produce songs which they oftenly put on YouTube, and of course everyone downloads them for free instead heading to a store and buy the song, but with the help of YouTube, they get pretty famous after all.