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Originally posted by colonelcrisp [message from tibetan monks to kinetic energy] *oooooooooooommmmmmmmmmm ooooooooooooooooommmmm* you have a small penis.... *ooooooooommmmmmm ooooooooooooommmmmmm* [end transmission]

lol, I'll put it in your arse Colonel, come closer.

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Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY lol, I'll put it in your arse Colonel, come closer.

Yarr beware the infamous butt pirate......

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Originally posted by colonelcrisp Yarr beware the infamous butt pirate......

I prefer ass assassin.

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Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY I prefer ass assassin.

colon commando?

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Originally posted by colonelcrisp Thread Successfully Hijacked

/insert failboat

old pirates yes they rob I

KiNeTiC ENeRgY is exactly the kind of ignorant juvenile i had in mind when making this thread. seriously, youre a fucking moron with a poor IQ for a glass of water.

its amazing to me when adolescent fuckstains start spouting nonsense as if theyre experts on the economics of game development when id be surprised if they could manage to tie their shoes in the morning.

youre the kind of idiot killing PC gaming. i hope youre proud.

I printed it out and read it while I was taking a massive dump, good stuff

Referring to copyright infringement as "theft" or "piracy" is a misnomer.

Regardless, it's still a prickish thing to do.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Referring to copyright infringement as "theft" or "piracy" is a misnomer. Regardless, it's still a prickish thing to do.

How so?

Taking goods and/or services without paying has always been my traditional idae of "theft."

I like buying stuff.

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Originally posted by RJT How so? Taking goods and/or services without paying has always been my traditional idae of "theft."

"Taking" implies a forceful transfer of some kind of scarce good (i.e. something with a non-negligible cost of reproduction). But digital bits are not a scarce good, at least not in the above sense.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles "Taking" implies a forceful transfer of some kind of scarce good (i.e. something with a non-negligible cost of reproduction). But digital bits are not a scarce good, at least not in the above sense.

Sure they are - I think you're marginalizing software by making the effective claim that all "bits are bits" (so to speak), which is simply not the case.

I also think it's a mistake to describe the cost of reproduction as negligible, because it's really not the reproduction that matters, but rather the production of the original intellectual property.

Your argument would seem to make the case that stealing music via CD or vinyl qualifies as theft, while stealing music in any digital format doesn't - I simply don't think that's the case.

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Originally posted by RJT I also think it's a mistake to describe the cost of reproduction as negligible, because it's really not the reproduction that matters, but rather the production of the original intellectual property.

The cost of copying a digital file is negligible. But I also agree with you that the reproduction itself is not the most important issue.

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Your argument would seem to make the case that stealing music via CD or vinyl qualifies as theft, while stealing music in any digital format doesn't - I simply don't think that's the case.

You're prejudicing the debate by using the term "stealing" throughout. Not fair.

If I see a painting for sale, then go and paint an exact replica of it, have I stolen the original painting? I don't think so, but that's the sort of thinking that is implied by the idea that copyright infringement is "theft."

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Originally posted by Arbiter Don't blame pirates, blame the fucking lame gamers who aren't satisfied without ridiculous graphics that cost millions to produce and do very little to enhance the actual "fun" of the game. These companies have to invest huge amounts of cash into graphics that essentially bog the game down and create high system requirements, hardware driver incompatibilities, and sometimes just plain worse game play than they would have had with simpler graphics. Why? Because gamers are daft idiots who judge a game by how many fucking polygons there are in the character's face. If the game doesn't look pretty enough, they won't buy it. The high cost of producing such graphics-intensive games stifles creativity because the cost of a failure is so high. It drives smaller developers out of business because there's no way they can keep up with the ever-increasing costs and compete with the graphics put out by the titanic multi-billion dollar producers. And what we're left is with a small handful of mega-developers who are only really interested in cranking out MEGA-SERIES installment #238. If you buy games based on graphics: die. That is all.

im sure you read the original post? your point is irrelevant because those same "lame gamers" are purchasing such software on consoles.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles The cost of copying a digital file is negligible. But I also agree with you that the reproduction itself is not the most important issue. You're prejudicing the debate by using the term "stealing" throughout. Not fair. If I see a painting for sale, then go and paint an exact replica of it, have I stolen the original painting? I don't think so, but that's the sort of thinking that is implied by the idea that copyright infringement is "theft."

call it whatever you will, semantic discussions concerning the theft of intellectual property is bullshit and irrelevant.

not to fear. if PC gaming dies, we still have enough horsepower to emulate PS2 games.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles You're prejudicing the debate by using the term "stealing" throughout. Not fair. If I see a painting for sale, then go and paint an exact replica of it, have I stolen the original painting? That's the sort of thinking that is implied by the idea that copyright infringement is "theft."

In what sense are we talking about copyright infringement here? I don't think I have ever seen anyone frame the argument in such terms, and my understanding of copyright law has more to do with explicit profit from the intellectual properties of others, and doesn't have anything to do with private use of an IP.

It sounds like you're trying to frame the issue in terms that don't apply to it at all.

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Originally posted by RJT In what sense are we talking about copyright infringement here?

The exclusive legal right of a copyright owner to reproduce his copyrighted work. That right is certainly infringed by unauthorized downloading.

Wow... pretty much all of those points were pretty fucking stupid.

"We had one reviewer who didn't know he could portal back to town" and how is that not your fault or bad luck? And I doubt that you've had that much more badluck than anyone else.

And what about

"Hardwire manufacturers are making crappy products." Is that suggesting that other game makers don't have to deal with that? Seriously.

and

"There are a lot of stupid people out there..." Same point. Why don't you deal with it like every other game company? Or make a more compatible game. The piracy point is fair deal... but well this isn't. Why didn't you design a program that detects what stuff your computers running and what driver version? If this was such a major point.

For every idiotic review of TQ there is going to be an idiotic review of something else. Seriously.

I find it highly amusing they didn't even mention the fucking rubber banding in the expansion.

These kinds of posts/threads is why pkc is on ignore. Seriously.

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Originally posted by Darkarbiter Wow... pretty much all of those points were pretty fucking stupid. "We had one reviewer who didn't know he could portal back to town" and how is that not your fault or bad luck? And I doubt that you've had that much more badluck than anyone else. And what about "Hardwire manufacturers are making crappy products." Is that suggesting that other game makers don't have to deal with that? Seriously. and "There are a lot of stupid people out there..." Same point. Why don't you deal with it like every other game company? Or make a more compatible game. The piracy point is fair deal... but well this isn't. Why didn't you design a program that detects what stuff your computers running and what driver version? If this was such a major point. For every idiotic review of TQ there is going to be an idiotic review of something else. Seriously. I find it highly amusing they didn't even mention the fucking rubber banding in the expansion.

no, youre the one that's pretty fucking stupid. he wasn't talking just about TQ you halfwit, he was talking about developers in general. way to miss the point arseclown

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles The exclusive legal right of a copyright owner to reproduce his copyrighted work. That right is certainly infringed by unauthorized downloading.

Add it to the list then - it doesn't discount software piracy/theft from being just that: theft.

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Originally posted by RJT Add it to the list then - it doesn't discount software piracy/theft from being just that: theft.

How is making a copy of a thing the same as stealing that thing? That's what I don't get.

Go back to the painting example. Am I stealing the painting as I paint a copy of it?

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN no, youre the one that's pretty fucking stupid. he wasn't talking just about TQ you halfwit, he was talking about developers in general. way to miss the point arseclown

It still doesn't change anything...

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