Not what I said. Read it again.
If we’re gonna speak about legality, underage work is illegal in many parts of the world. And in the specific scenario I mentioned, if the kid were to make $60 bucks, it would most likely give it to his parents.
For the special features. That’s what Blizzard games have been all about. Battle net. Yes, you can pirate a Blizzard game and without access to battle net it’s not the same. And there will be a really good and relevant example further down the post.
The same way someone can listen or download a song on the internet for free without buying the album, but if he likes the singer and has the money, he’ll go to a concert.
Only when someone really can’t afford something, in which case the company wouldn’t be losing income;
and sometimes, when retarded products or business practices should not be supported.
It’s not, that I believe I should be exempt from the law. It’s that I would listen to my own moral compass first, which is based on actual objective understanding of the matter, rather than laws, that are not always adequate or just. Again, slavery used to be legal.
Take suggests theft. Again, when piracy occures, the original is not removed.
I don’t steal. But if I were to choose between what you call “morality of a common thief” and your ignorance, I would chose to be a “thief”.
Let me ask you a question. Would you argue, that people, who played Vanilla WoW on private servers were pirates and Blizzard were losing income, even though Blizzard themselves were refusing to provide the specific service those people wanted?
I am asking this question, beucase, your glairing ignorance really reminds me of the infamous “you think you do, but you don’t”.
I would say, that those “pirates” weren’t pirates at all, as they would not spend money on the retail version, because they wanted Classic, and Blizzard were’t losing income, but I’m sure you would claim the opposite is the case.
And guess what’s happening nowadays. Blizzard did finally release Classic and wouldn’t you know it – the biggest quarterly increase to subscription plans, both in the West and the East (quoting directly from the Activision Blizzard third-quarter financial results for this year).
Oh, those evil pirates. Why pay money, when they could have had it for free?
Because they want the official thing. Because they wanna play over Battle Net. Because if you give them what they want and they can afford it – they’ll buy it.
Honestly, when writing to you and reading what you have to say, I can’t even figure out what kind of a person I’m talking to. When you repeat the mantra of “one illegal download = one lost sale” or “piracy is theft”, It reallt makes me wanna call you a boomer.
On the other hand, your complete inability to understand nuances makes me think you’re a little kid.
You spoke about how piracy damages businesses, but the truth is – you don’t understand the current times, the trends and you don’t have the mind for business. You think you do, but you don’t.
Very good question. Because many systems nowadays are retarded and archaic.
IMO, it should really come down to whether or not he did cause harm while speeding. If not, then he should not get done for speeding.
But what do I know, I’m just a thief (depsite not actually stealing anything), right?
But since you yourself seem to know so much about laws, tell me. Why do laws differenciate between premeditated crimes and spontaneous ones? Or don’t they? After all, there is no such thing as nuance, right?
I also wonder, are adblockers theft by your estimation?
