The problem isn't the people downloading, it's the unchanging and outdated remuneration system accorded the creative people.
We're at the stage instant communication of everything all over the world is normal, it's a necessary advance, it makes access to free culture possible. And culture should be free : being educated and cultivated are the only viable weapons one can have in society, and on a large scale, it's the only wall against totalitarian drifts.
I'm a musician, I'll soon finish my first EP and hope to be heard by a maximum of people. It's as much a passion as it is politic, I make music for myself and for others, not for money. If I wanted to be rich and live in a big house I would do something else with my life. I think any creative peep would.
Pirating is the problem of big money suckers, dictating producers and sharky publishing corporations that remunerate their artists like shits.
And it goes the same for videogames, big companies sell shitty games at 70$ hopping their advertisement will be suffiscient to make profit. Indie studios sell game from 5$ to 15$, asking people to freely give money if they want to support, and some of them end up creating hits played by millions of players.
Pirating is the problem of the industries, not the creatives. "Pirating" is a transitionnal state, it's a conflict between old industrial era and greedy fucks, and people wanting to cut loose with the bullcrap.
We're at the stage instant communication of everything all over the world is normal, it's a necessary advance, it makes access to free culture possible. And culture should be free : being educated and cultivated are the only viable weapons one can have in society, and on a large scale, it's the only wall against totalitarian drifts.
I'm a musician, I'll soon finish my first EP and hope to be heard by a maximum of people. It's as much a passion as it is politic, I make music for myself and for others, not for money. If I wanted to be rich and live in a big house I would do something else with my life. I think any creative peep would.
Pirating is the problem of big money suckers, dictating producers and sharky publishing corporations that remunerate their artists like shits.
And it goes the same for videogames, big companies sell shitty games at 70$ hopping their advertisement will be suffiscient to make profit. Indie studios sell game from 5$ to 15$, asking people to freely give money if they want to support, and some of them end up creating hits played by millions of players.
Pirating is the problem of the industries, not the creatives. "Pirating" is a transitionnal state, it's a conflict between old industrial era and greedy fucks, and people wanting to cut loose with the bullcrap.
Last edited by deprav; Aug 13, 2013 at 04:06 PM.
Originally Posted by deprav
And it goes the same for videogames, big companies sell shitty games at 70$ hopping their advertisement will be suffiscient to make profit. Indie studios sell game from 5$ to 15$, asking people to freely give money if they want to support, and some of them end up creating hits played by millions of players.
This. I pay for games not because I own them or because I have the game now, I pay because I want to support the developers who made them and encourage them to do it more. I support small developers who manage to churn out incredible games. Magicka, Hammerfight, Hotline Miami, ...
In response to BoredPayne: I don't want to spend 60 on a game that I'll play for 20 hours. It's a waste of money. That's why I pirate such games, they'll give me a few hours of fun but then I'll put them down because they're just another game of that genre with little to no innovative new content to it. All the big titles I've ever bought were a huge letdown. I still buy titles (just preordered Rome Total War II), just not at the rate I used to.
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For those unsure about how idiotic the regulations are and the extent that corporations think they have ownership of their ideas, look at this wonderful piece:
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/10/mo...lf-mogul-putt/
Vague regulations and over-entitled jackasses make for an awful combination.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/10/mo...lf-mogul-putt/
Vague regulations and over-entitled jackasses make for an awful combination.
Ancient [Evil]
Originally Posted by Beast
For those unsure about how idiotic the regulations are and the extent that corporations think they have ownership of their ideas, look at this wonderful piece:
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/10/mo...lf-mogul-putt/
Vague regulations and over-entitled jackasses make for an awful combination.
This is pretty meaningless.
A cease and desist letter doesn't actually legally command anyone to do anything. It's a threat of lawsuit, and had you actually read the link you posted, it appears to be the result of a misunderstanding.
Companies are obligated to do everything they can to protect their copyright, otherwise the judicial system becomes slanted against them.
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Originally Posted by Boredpayne
This is pretty meaningless.
A cease and desist letter doesn't actually legally command anyone to do anything. It's a threat of lawsuit, and had you actually read the link you posted, it appears to be the result of a misunderstanding.
Companies are obligated to do everything they can to protect their copyright, otherwise the judicial system becomes slanted against them.
Except for the fact that most of the time companies threaten to sue for stuff that is not legally covered by their copyrights/patents and scare people with their armies of lawyers. That was an example. If you had bothered to read my other posts, you would have known this and wouldn't have posted such an ignorant thing.
Ancient [Evil]
