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+8Stoney Pickles1337 Jack the Spectre Ihsahn Franko Raziel TheJubJub5721 The Enkindler 12 posters |
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The Enkindler
Endgame Boss
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Greece
Playing : Plenty of games, and I can't count them.
 |  Subject: Minecraft Dev: Piracy is not theft  Wed Mar 02, 2011 4:11 pm | |
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- "Piracy is not theft, If you steal a car, the original is lost. If you copy a game, there are simply more of them in the world. There is no such thing as a 'lost sale'. Is a bad review a lost sale? What about a missed ship date?"
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TheJubJub5721
Boss Spawn
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Playing : People suck.
| | Subject: Re: Minecraft Dev: Piracy is not theft Wed Mar 02, 2011 4:23 pm | |
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Raziel
Creep
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| | Subject: Re: Minecraft Dev: Piracy is not theft Wed Mar 02, 2011 5:26 pm | |
| doesn't mean piracy don't affect sales | |
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Franko
Area Boss
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Southern Fairy
Playing : Meh
| | Subject: Re: Minecraft Dev: Piracy is not theft Wed Mar 02, 2011 6:15 pm | |
| its funny. i pirated minecraft first... then a week later i brought it | |
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Ihsahn
Mini-Boss
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| | Subject: Re: Minecraft Dev: Piracy is not theft Wed Mar 02, 2011 7:00 pm | |
| Well, he is right. It isn't theft. Is it wrong? Subjective, but it's not theft. | |
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Jack the Spectre
Post-Game Enemy
Stature : 309
New York
Playing : With myself
| | Subject: Re: Minecraft Dev: Piracy is not theft Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:26 pm | |
| Well I don't know what to compare it to. Cloning a TV then taking it? Theft is probably the closest comparison we can make. | |
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Pickles1337
Grunt Leader
Stature : 3
| | Subject: Re: Minecraft Dev: Piracy is not theft Thu Mar 03, 2011 2:17 am | |
| I have a cloning ray gun. If I shoot it at something, it makes a copy right next to it. My friend has Red Dead and I clone it using my magic ray gun. He payed 60 bucks while I payed nothing for my new copy. Yeah. I'm not a thief.  | |
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Stoney
Final Boss
Stature : 176
The Gutter
Playing : Rocket League is Awesome
| | Subject: Re: Minecraft Dev: Piracy is not theft Thu Mar 03, 2011 5:40 am | |
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Ihsahn
Mini-Boss
Stature : 4
| | Subject: Re: Minecraft Dev: Piracy is not theft Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:47 pm | |
| - TRF wrote:
- Well I don't know what to compare it to. Cloning a TV then taking it? Theft is probably the closest comparison we can make.
You could always just call it piracy, lol. Pirating =/= stealing. It has its own unique definition. | |
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Based Sonji
Hip-Hop Enthusiast
Stature : 91
LittleBigP
Playing : Teckno Is MJ
| | Subject: Re: Minecraft Dev: Piracy is not theft Thu Mar 03, 2011 3:50 pm | |
| - Stoney wrote:
- Fuck off. lol
Notch makes several good points. | |
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Bluenose
Founding Father
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Playing : Tu madre
| | Subject: Re: Minecraft Dev: Piracy is not theft Thu Mar 03, 2011 4:00 pm | |
| Well, not that everyone has the OK to pirate MinceCraft, I'm sure he wouldn't mind... | |
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Franko
Area Boss
Stature : 20
Southern Fairy
Playing : Meh
| | Subject: Re: Minecraft Dev: Piracy is not theft Thu Mar 03, 2011 4:34 pm | |
| - Teckno wrote:
- Well, not that everyone has the OK to pirate MinceCraft, I'm sure he wouldn't mind...
well if you pirate Minecraft and get it to work. your just stuck with Single player without Auto updating | |
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TheJubJub5721
Boss Spawn
Stature : 25
Playing : People suck.
| | Subject: Re: Minecraft Dev: Piracy is not theft Thu Mar 03, 2011 6:34 pm | |
| - Franko wrote:
- its funny. i pirated minecraft first... then a week later i brought it
Same. I thought "this game cannot be this great" so I pirated and bought it a week or two later. | |
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Stigma
Boss
Stature : 117
US
| | Subject: Re: Minecraft Dev: Piracy is not theft Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:36 pm | |
| His logic is very flawed. You can't compare a physical item to software when it comes to theft. | |
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Azazel
Mini-Boss
Stature : 7
Equestria
| | Subject: Re: Minecraft Dev: Piracy is not theft Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:30 am | |
| - BlackStigma wrote:
- His logic is very flawed. You can't compare a physical item to software when it comes to theft.
I agree. Take two objects, 1 physical and 1 abstract.
With the physical object, 1=1, meaning that you are only stealing 1 since building another technically makes it legally yours.
With the abstract object (software), 1=1+X, meaning that because you can make endless copies it does cost the company a potential sale(s). The pirate still retains the original while any number of other people could have a copy and they can make even more.
Also correct me if I am wrong, but aren't review copies given at the discretion of the company who made the game? | |
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Pickles1337
Grunt Leader
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| | Subject: Re: Minecraft Dev: Piracy is not theft Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:41 am | |
| - Deus Ex Machina wrote:
- BlackStigma wrote:
- His logic is very flawed. You can't compare a physical item to software when it comes to theft.
I agree. Take two objects, 1 physical and 1 abstract.
With the physical object, 1=1, meaning that you are only stealing 1 since building another technically makes it legally yours.
With the abstract object (software), 1=1+X, meaning that because you can make endless copies it does cost the company a potential sale(s). The pirate still retains the original while any number of other people could have a copy and they can make even more.
Also correct me if I am wrong, but aren't review copies given at the discretion of the company who made the game? QFT. Also /thread. | |
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Based Sonji
Hip-Hop Enthusiast
Stature : 91
LittleBigP
Playing : Teckno Is MJ
| | Subject: Re: Minecraft Dev: Piracy is not theft Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:45 pm | |
| Who the fuck releases a game and holds back reviews? That's terrible rep for a company. | |
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