news.softpedia.com— Electronic Arts says that it understands how an illegally downloaded copy is not, in any way, a copy that was lost as a sale to the company.
Oct 1, 2008View in Crawl 4
they know that it doesn't. Hell you could pirate a DRM free Spore before the game was even for sale.In realty its there to cause the people who are paying for it the game, to pay for it multiple times. ie, 3 copies in one house, not buying used games, etc.This is what they meant by:"the company is getting ready to shift its approach so that it rewards the customer rather than punishing everyone for the sins of pirates"
@antznz. Not sure what your argument is there. Those channels are legal and will result in revenue for the owner.Just to be clear I am not judging anyone for copying, I am calling out the people whoo think that they have some moral reasoning to make it right.
I know Valve uses DRM. Its not the mere existence of DRM that I object to, its DRM that limits how I use the software that I paid for. Steam works, and it adds as much value to a product as it takes away.When I go out and buy a game for $60 and it stops working because that's the way its DRM is designed, I view that as theft from ME. The only way to 100% prevent it is not buy their game in the first place.
valynOct 1, 2008
they know that it doesn't. Hell you could pirate a DRM free Spore before the game was even for sale.In realty its there to cause the people who are paying for it the game, to pay for it multiple times. ie, 3 copies in one house, not buying used games, etc.This is what they meant by:"the company is getting ready to shift its approach so that it rewards the customer rather than punishing everyone for the sins of pirates"
fknightOct 1, 2008
Time for the requisite Digg Logic:"EA Admits Pirated Copies Do Not Equal Lost Sales"That means it's okay to steal!
ismith988Oct 2, 2008
Why would you waste your money with games that mostly turn out s**tty anyway?
fuse13Oct 2, 2008
@antznz. Not sure what your argument is there. Those channels are legal and will result in revenue for the owner.Just to be clear I am not judging anyone for copying, I am calling out the people whoo think that they have some moral reasoning to make it right.
beylanOct 3, 2008
I know Valve uses DRM. Its not the mere existence of DRM that I object to, its DRM that limits how I use the software that I paid for. Steam works, and it adds as much value to a product as it takes away.When I go out and buy a game for $60 and it stops working because that's the way its DRM is designed, I view that as theft from ME. The only way to 100% prevent it is not buy their game in the first place.
cynicalcheetoOct 14, 2008
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