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Meh, in the case of music and games, I know a lot of people who pirate as a "try before you buy" type of thing, and then shell out the cash for the product if t
by kaens 18y ago
Meh, in the case of music and games, I know a lot of people who pirate as a "try before you buy" type of thing, and then shell out the cash for the product if they think it's worth it.
I do this with music (I recently dropped illegal art a sum of money equal to what I've downloaded due to Girl Talk and a few other awesome artists on that label).
- jimbokun 18y agoI suspect this is bullshit. My guess is that this is what they tell themselves their philosophy is, but tend to "forget" or "not get around to" paying for most of the stuff they actually liked. Do you disagree?
- brl 18y agoI don't think very many people really make excuses like this. Most (if not all) of the people I know pirate quite liberally and they do it without apologizing or feeling the need to rationalize anything. Even though those who have their interests aligned with the current copyright regime like to loudly declare otherwise, it really seems that intuitively there is no ethical problem with piracy.
- kaens 18y agoYes, I do. Because I know these people, and I know that they do these things because I have watched them do them, repeatedly. Edit: It may be bullshit in the general case (applying to people who make the claim of "try before I buy"), but it is not bullshit in the case of myself or the people that I actually know who claim that.