Posted May 07, 2024
babark: What a weird ongoing discussion. My input:
Some obvious facts:
- A game being too expensive is not a valid excuse to pirate
- A game being crap is not a valid excuse to pirate
- The publisher/developer being super rich is not a valid excuse to pirate
- Fear of missing out on the cultural zeitgeist is not a valid excuse to pirate
- Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is outdated pop-sci
Some more nuance:
- I'd love to live in a society where art and entertainment is created for its own sake, and creators are supported in their living by the government, but we don't live in such a world now
- It might not be the exact same as stealing something physical, but you would still be depriving a creator of their due (feel free to couple this with "The publisher/developer being super rich is not a valid excuse to pirate" above)
- I pirated when I was a student and living in a country at a time when buying original games was not really possible (physical availability and then online payment methods)
- I kinda regret that now, because while I can buy those same games now to try to "make up for it", those companies have long collapsed or swallowed up by the likes of EA
- Still, if I hadn't done that, I probably would never had had a chance to experience those games.
Government funded art means government approved art. How is that better than the system in place now?Some obvious facts:
- A game being too expensive is not a valid excuse to pirate
- A game being crap is not a valid excuse to pirate
- The publisher/developer being super rich is not a valid excuse to pirate
- Fear of missing out on the cultural zeitgeist is not a valid excuse to pirate
- Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is outdated pop-sci
Some more nuance:
- I'd love to live in a society where art and entertainment is created for its own sake, and creators are supported in their living by the government, but we don't live in such a world now
- It might not be the exact same as stealing something physical, but you would still be depriving a creator of their due (feel free to couple this with "The publisher/developer being super rich is not a valid excuse to pirate" above)
- I pirated when I was a student and living in a country at a time when buying original games was not really possible (physical availability and then online payment methods)
- I kinda regret that now, because while I can buy those same games now to try to "make up for it", those companies have long collapsed or swallowed up by the likes of EA
- Still, if I hadn't done that, I probably would never had had a chance to experience those games.