Malfador Games Pirated

narf poit chez BOOM · #1 January 14th, 2004, 06:08 AM

some of you didn't seem to notice this:

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like increasing the resources of the citicens of those countries.

crime tends to follow low-income areas. why? because they have to feed their families somehow. and no job prospects means depressed. and depressed means anger. and blah blah blah dark side.

so, help those areas acheive prosperity and democracy.

Fyron · #2 January 14th, 2004, 07:03 AM

That's harder than you would think.

tesco samoa · #3 January 14th, 2004, 03:14 PM

Also copy protections should not break the law itself. I am allowed to make back up copies. If I cannot then perhaps this is not the product for me.

narf poit chez BOOM · #4 January 14th, 2004, 10:19 PM

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That's harder than you would think.

i didn't say i thought it would be easy, just that it would be the right answer.

Azselendor · #5 January 15th, 2004, 05:25 AM

The problem with computer piracy is that it is not limited to low income Groups. The problem is with the core nature of the internet.

The net was designed to be open source, free for all to use and add to. But the law and human nature operate in the opposite direction.

Increasing the quality of life would help in reducing some of this, but not all of it. The underlying problem is the net's dual nature. Secrets and Stealth vs Access and Information. Sure, you can hide on the net, but that is a mere illusion.

Fyron, my post was to merely point out how insane prevention is, but avenues that can be taken. Like an STD, 100% prevention cannot be achieved unless you simply don't do it.

Paul1980au · #6 January 15th, 2004, 05:27 AM

Creative developments in copyright protection will help to make it harder for the pirates and help the underlying bottom line for software companies the alternative is to do nothing which is not such a good idea to keep creative game programmers in business.

Fyron · #7 January 15th, 2004, 05:48 AM

I have not seen any game companies go out of business from piracy. Sure, it reduces profits, but the vast majority of people that pirate a game would not have paid for it in the first place, so it is not really much in the way of lost profits.

Unlike a STD, software pirates are sentient beings and very ingenious. Copy protection and such has always been breakable, has always been broken, and will always be breakable.

[ January 15, 2004, 03:49: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]